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The Lady from the Sea

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1888 play by Henrik Ibsen
For other uses, seeThe Lady from the Sea (disambiguation).
The Lady from the Sea
Written byHenrik Ibsen
CharactersEllida Wangel
Dr Wangel
The Stranger
Hilde Wangel
Bolette Wangel
Arnholm
Lyngstrand
Ballestad
Date premiered12 February 1889
Place premieredKristiania andWeimar (simultaneous Norwegian and German premieres)
Original languageNorwegian
SubjectMarriage,freedom
GenreTragedy
SettingA town by afjord

The Lady from the Sea (Norwegian:Fruen fra havet) is aplay written in 1888 by NorwegianplaywrightHenrik Ibsen inspired by the balladAgnete og Havmanden.[1] The drama introduces the character of Hilde Wangel who is again portrayed in Ibsen's later playThe Master Builder. Hilde Wangel has been portrayed twice in contemporary film, most recently in the 2014 film titledA Master Builder.

Characters

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  • Doctor Edvard Wangel
  • Ellida Wangel, his second wife
  • Bolette, his elder daughter from a previous marriage
  • Hilde, his younger daughter from a previous marriage
  • Lyngstrand, a dying would-be sculptor and friend of the Wangels
  • Arnholm, Bolette's former tutor and possible suitor and Ellida's former suitor
  • Ballestad, a painter and friend of the Wangels
  • The Stranger, the antagonist, with whom Ellida has a history

Synopsis

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The central character, Ellida, is the daughter of a lighthouse-keeper, and grew up where the fjord met the open sea; she loves the sea. Her husband, Doctor Wangel, is a physician in a small fjord town in northernNorway who has two daughters (Bolette and Hilde) by his previous wife, now deceased. He and Ellida had a son who died as a baby. Ellida is restless and troubled by a former romantic attachment. Wangel, fearing for Ellida’s mental health, has invited up Arnholm, Bolette’s former tutor, and a former suitor to Ellida, in the hope that he can help Ellida.

Some years earlier Ellida was deeply in love and engaged to a sailor, but because he murdered his captain he had to escape. Nevertheless, he asked her to wait for him to come and fetch her. She tried to break the engagement, but he had too great a hold over her. The sailor then returns all these years later to claim her. Ellida then has to choose between her former lover or her husband. Dr Wangel finally recognises and accepts her freedom to choose since he comes to realise that he has no other option. This goes in his favour as she then chooses to remain with him. The play ends with the sailor leaving and Ellida and Wangel deciding to take up their lives again together.

Production history

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  • 1973: The New York Repertory Company performedThe Lady from the Sea at the Gotham Arts Centre in New York City.Robert Kalfin directed.[2]
  • 1974: Broadcast by the BBC withEileen Atkins. Repeat showing 1 February 2026
  • 1977:The Birmingham Repertory Theatre in Birmingham, England, starring Rosemary McHale as Ellida[3]
  • 1979:Vanessa Redgrave starred inMichael Elliott's production with the Royal Exchange Theatre Company at The New Roundhouse in London, England[4]
  • 1988: Stan Wojewodski directedThe Lady from the Sea at Centre Stage in Baltimore, Maryland, starringLaila Robins as Ellida[5]
  • 1990: At the Münicher Kammerspiele Schauspielhaus in Munich, directed by Thomas Langhoff[6]
  • 1990: Svein Sturle Hungnes directed atOslo's National Theatre[7]
  • 1994:Lindsay Posner directed atWest Yorkshire Playhouse andLyric Hammersmith, England, starringJosette Simon as Ellida[8][9]
  • 1996: Jackson Phippin directedThe Lady from the Sea at theCleveland Playhouse with Kate Skinner as Ellida[10]
  • 2000: Rick Davis directedThe Lady from the Sea at Theater of the First Amendment in a new translation by Brian Johnston.[11]
  • 2002: Directed by Alfred Christie at the Century Centre for Performing Arts[12]
  • 2001: At theIntiman Theatre in Seattle, adapted by Jim Lewis and directed byKate Whoriskey[13]
  • 2006: As part of the Spring 2006 season, Sara Cronberg directedThe Lady from the Sea at the Municipal Theatre (Stadsteater) in Stockholm, Sweden[14]
  • 2015: At the Shaw FestivalThe Lady from the Sea was directed by Erin Shields with Moya O’Connell as Ellida.[15]
  • 2020: Directed by Leon Mitchell inKragerø, Norway, starring Katrina Syran as Ellida[16]
  • 2025:Simon Stone’s adaptation of “The Lady from the Sea” performed at theBridge Theatre (London), starringAlicia Vikander as Ellida andAndrew Lincoln as Dr Wangel.[17]
  • 2025: Susane Lee's adaptation, directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith, performed at Hudson Classical Theater Company (NYC), starring Aya Ibaraki as Ellida and Drew Brock Baker as The Stranger.

Adaptations

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  • Kvinnan från havet (The Woman from the Sea) is a ballet by choreographer Birgit Cullberg, and based on Ibsen's play. The ballet was premiered at the Royal Opera, Stockholm, with ballerina and actress Kari Sylwan in the title role.
  • Die Frau vom Meere. Schauspiel in 5 Akten is the German language version of the play, translated in 1889 byJulius Hoffory.
  • Sounding, a mixed-media performance adaptation ofThe Lady from the Sea, was performed at theHERE Arts Centre in New York City as part of HERE's annual CULTUREMART.[18]
  • Vom Meer. Opera with music byAlexander Muno and a libretto by Francis Hüsers. World premiere: 29 April 2011, Opernzelt, Heidelberg
  • The Lady from the Sea. Opera byCraig Armstrong (music) and Zoë Strachan (libretto). World premiere: 29 August 2012, Edinburgh International Festival
  • The Lady from the Sea, aBBC Radio 3 adaptation byFrank McGuinness and starringLia Williams as Ellida, originally broadcast on 1 November 2009 and re-broadcast on 3 May 2015.[19]
  • Sagara Kanyaka,Malayalam adaptation of the play, produced by India's Abhinaya Theatre Research Centre and Australian composerRobert Davidson[20]
  • The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen,adaptation directed by award winning British director and authorLeon Mitchell. Starring Katrina Syran as Ellida. Produced inKragerø,Norway by Cinalight Studios in 2020 for international broadcast

References

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  1. ^Per Schelde Jacobsen and Barbara Fass Leavy,Ibsen's Forsaken Merman: Folklore in the Late Plays (New York: New York University Press, 1988).
  2. ^Blake, Gary (1974). "Review of The Lady from the Sea".Educational Theatre Journal.26 (1): 117.doi:10.2307/3206592.ISSN 0013-1989.JSTOR 3206592.
  3. ^Nigro, Kirsten F. (1978). "Review of Metamorphosis; The Lady from the Sea; Filumena".Educational Theatre Journal.30 (2):262–263.doi:10.2307/3206303.ISSN 0013-1989.JSTOR 3206303.
  4. ^Thomas, James (1979). "Review of The Lady from the Sea; Happy Days".Theatre Journal.31 (4): 542.doi:10.2307/3219425.ISSN 0192-2882.JSTOR 3219425.
  5. ^Ganz, Dianne; Scheper, George (1988). "Review of THE LADY FROM THE SEA. CENTER STAGE".Ibsen News and Comment.9:24–27.ISSN 1089-6171.JSTOR 26578498.
  6. ^Carlson, Marvin (1990). "Review of The Lady from the Sea".Theatre Journal.42 (3): 383.doi:10.2307/3208094.ISSN 0192-2882.JSTOR 3208094.
  7. ^Shafer, Yvonne (1991). "An Erotic "The Lady from the Sea" at the First International Ibsen Festival, Oslo, September 1990".Ibsen News and Comment.12:21–22.ISSN 1089-6171.JSTOR 26578405.
  8. ^Javin, Val (8 July 1994)."A Woman's Haunting Tale of Obsession".Huddersfield Daily Examiner. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^Gore-Langton, Robert (25 July 1994)."Do the Thing that Scares you Witless".The Daily Telegraph. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^Nadon, Daniel R. (1997). "Review of In Ellida's Mind: "The Lady from the Sea". The Cleveland Playhouse".Ibsen News and Comment.17:8–9.ISSN 1089-6171.JSTOR 26578605.
  11. ^Triplett, William (September 9, 2000).""Ibsen's 'Lady': Deep Undercurrents"".The Washington Post. RetrievedOctober 10, 2021.
  12. ^McLean, Robert Simpson (2000). "Review of Solid Revivals of "The Wild Duck" and "The Lady from the Sea". The Century Center for the Performing Arts".Ibsen News and Comment.20:24–25.ISSN 1089-6171.JSTOR 26578701.
  13. ^May, Gergana (2001). "Review of An Ambiguous Lady from the Sea. Intiman Theatre".Ibsen News and Comment.21:15–16.ISSN 1089-6171.JSTOR 26578685.
  14. ^Wright, Rochelle (2006). "Review of John Gabriel Borkman. The Royal Dramatic Theater; The Lady from the Sea. The Municipal Theatre".Ibsen News and Comment.26:23–25.ISSN 1089-6171.JSTOR 26578751.
  15. ^Dolgin, Ellen (2015). "Review of The Lady from the Sea. The Shaw Festival".Ibsen News and Comment.35:34–36.ISSN 1089-6171.JSTOR 26575980.
  16. ^Mitchell, Leon (2020-07-06),The Lady from the Sea (Drama), Cinalight, retrieved2021-10-18
  17. ^"The Lady From the Sea Tickets".London Theatre Direct. Retrieved14 September 2025.
  18. ^Carlson, Marvin (2009). "Review of Sounding (Mixed-media performance based on The Lady from the Sea)".Ibsen News and Comment.29: 7.ISSN 1089-6171.JSTOR 26573547.
  19. ^"BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, the Lady from the Sea".
  20. ^"'Sagara Kanyaka' to have an international venue".

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