John Gabriel Borkman
John Gabriel Borkman Author: Henrik Ibsen
First Performance: 1897, Helsinki; 1897, Oslo
Published: 1896
First English Translation: 1907
Genre: Drama in 4 acts; Norwegian prose
Setting: The Rentheim estate outside Oslo, 1890s
Cast: 3m, 5f
Although John Gabriel Borkman loved Ella Rentheim, he expediently married her twin sister Gunhild. Imprisoned for fraudulent business dealings, he was released eight years ago. He and his wife came to live with Ella on her estate, where she had been bringing up the Borkmans' son Erhart. Mrs Borkman now dreams that Erhart will live to redeem her husband's name, but Ella wants to control his future. Borkman, confined to an upstairs room, quarrels with Vilhelm Foldal, a worn-looking clerk, whom he normally tolerates because Foldal flatters his illusions of...
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