However, the mostly humorous touches he adds completely transform the work from what was once a naturalistic play struggling to break free from the conventions of melodrama into a mildly absurdist and much more engaging play which cuts past the shock-value of incest, euthanasia, and venereal disease, to the core issue of what it means to control one’s own destiny. Allen hasn’t changed any major plot points, or even most of the dialogue. Alving has several collections of the nineteenth century Norwegian playwright’s works piled up on her desk.
The Neo-Futurists founder previously staged The Last Two Minutes of the Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen in 2005, and in his new, highly self-referential adaptation of Ghosts, main character Mrs. Produced by Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company At Angel Island, Chicago Ibsen’s Loving Parodists Salute Him An Original Adaptation of the Play by Henrik Ibsen
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