Undermain returns the Classics with Ibsen’s rarely seen drama, The Lady From the Sea. Ellida, a lighthouse keeper's daughter, is trapped on an island in her marriage and longs for the sea. The conflict in the mermaid-like Ellida Wangel is between her duty to her devoted husband and her attraction to a mysterious, seagoing stranger from her past. Her duty to convention takes second place to an otherworldly awareness of more mystical bonds challenging her wedding vows. Written in 1888, years after A Doll’s House but before Hedda Gabler, The Lady from the Sea continues Ibsen’s exploration of the imbalances of marriage and a woman’s need for freedom. It is haunting and delightfully real in its display of this world and the otherworld, with both containing an intoxicating desire to be set free.
Runs Nov. 7 – Dec. 2. All evening shows at 7:30 pm. 2:00 Sunday Matinees on 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, and 12/2.
214-747-5515
Price
- $15-$30
Box Office
- 214-747-5515
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