The lady from the sea
By: Henrik Ibsen ; a version by David Eldridge ; from a literal translation by Charlotte Barslund
Contributors: Barslund, Charlotte; Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 108
Subjects: Selkies; Drama
Description: When the lighthouse keeper's daughter Ellida meets the widower Dr Wangel, she tries to put her long-lost first love far behind her and begin a new life as a wife and stepmother. But the tide is turning, an English ship is coming down the fjord, and the undercurrents threaten to drag a whole family beneath the surface in this passionate and sweeping drama. Ellida must choose between the solid and reliable values of the land and the fluid, mysterious and frightening attraction of the sea.