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Often described as 'the father of realism', Henrik Ibsen was a pioneer of modernist drama. He influenced playwrights as diverse as George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde, and is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare.Included in this collection are adaptations of his tragicomic masterpiece The Wild Duck, his complex and compelling play Rosmersholm, the epic drama Brand and the tragedy John Gabriel Borkman. Ibsen's A Doll's House is relocated to 1879 India in Tanika Gupta's Audio Drama Award-winning dramatisation, while the provocative and scandalous Ghosts is adapted by Richard Eyre, with the cast of his Olivier Award-winning Almeida Theatre production. Also featured are vibrant dramatisations of Hedda Gabler, whose desperate heroine is trapped in a suffocating marriage; The Lady from the Sea, about a woman torn between security and passion; and An Enemy of the People, in which a whistleblower reveals an inconvenient truth and is vilified for it. The casts of these stunning dramas include David Threlfall, Nicholas Farrell, Helen Baxendale, Indira Varma, Lesley Manville and Harriet Walter.The Wild Duck: Translated and adapted by Christopher HamptonDirected by Peter KavanaghSolo flute played by Martin FeinsteinRosmersholmTranslated by Frank McGuinnessAdapted and directed by Peter KavanaghMusic composed and arranged by Marius Munthe-KaasMusic supervisor: Giles PerringMusicians: Gro Hole Austgulen (violin), Elin Kleppa Michalsen (violin), Anna Cecilia Johansson (viola), Olav Stener Olsen (cello)BrandDirected by Peter KavanaghMusic composed and performed by Nicolai AbrahamsenJohn Gabriel BorkmanAdapted by David EldridgeDirected by Helen PerryA BBC Cymru/Wales ProductionA Doll's HouseAdapted by Tanika GuptaDirected by Nadia MolinariTabla Maestro: Shahbaz HussainDancer: Anjum MalikGhostsAdapted by Richard Eyre from a literal translation by Charlotte BarslundDirected by Richard EyreProduced by Alison HindellOriginal sound design: John LeonardHedda GablerTranslated and adapted by Helen CooperProduced by Eoin O'CallaghanMusic composed by Julie Cooper and performed by Julie Cooper (piano) and Justin Pearson (cello)The Lady from the SeaTranslated by Robert FergusonDirected by Peter KavanaghAn Enemy of the PeopleTranslated by Michael Meyer Adapted and produced by John Tydeman...
