THEATER
A wild duck wounded by gunshot dives into the depths of a lake choosing to die. This is the metaphor used by Henrik Ibsen to portray the grave themes he approaches in this play and to tell the story of the Ekdal family.
Sight and blindness, idealism and vulgarity, truth and lies give shape to a story about moral conscience that tragically evokes human frailty - a frailty in which happiness is torn asunder by the fanatical idealism of absolute truth.
Considered, by many, the play where one can best identify Ibsen's genius, The Wild Duck meditates, throughout its five acts, upon the existence of 'lies told in the interest of harmony and survival' - of this family in particular, and of humanity in general.
Sight and blindness, idealism and vulgarity, truth and lies give shape to a story about moral conscience that tragically evokes human frailty - a frailty in which happiness is torn asunder by the fanatical idealism of absolute truth.
Considered, by many, the play where one can best identify Ibsen's genius, The Wild Duck meditates, throughout its five acts, upon the existence of 'lies told in the interest of harmony and survival' - of this family in particular, and of humanity in general.
Additional information
Original text Henrik IbsenStage direction Tiago GuedesWith Anabela Almeida, Gonçalo Waddington, João Grosso, Lúcia Maria, Margarida Correia, Pedro Gil and Tónan QuitoMusic Manel CruzLighting Rui MonteiroSet design and costumes Ângela RochaProduction coordination Manuel PoçasCo-production TNDMIIFrom the translation by Gil Costa Santos and Ragnhild Marthine Bø; Henrik Ibsen, Peças escolhidas 2, Livros Cotovia, Lisbon 2008
© Filipe Ferreira | TNDMII
© Filipe Ferreira | TNDMII