John Gabriel Borkman, once an illustrious entrepreneur, has been brought low by a prison sentence for fraud. As he paces alone in an upstairs room, bankrupt and disgraced, he is obsessed by dreams of his comeback. Downstairs, his estranged wife plots the restoration of the family name. When her sister arrives unannounced, she triggers a desperate showdown with the past.
Simon Russell Beale plays Borkman in Ibsen’s towering masterpiece.
John Gabriel Borkman Cast and Creative
By:
Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Lucinda Coxon
Director:
Nicholas Hytner
Cast list:
Simon Russell Beale
The Bridge Theatre Venue Information
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The Bridge Theatre, 3 Potters Fields Park, London, SE1 2SG
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