The Lady from the Sea

Cyprus : The Lady from the Sea

The Central Stage of THOC presents the play "The Lady from the Sea", a play written in 1888 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen inspired by the ballad Agnete og Havmanden.

This symbolic play is centred on a lady called Ellida. She is the daughter of a lighthouse-keeper, and grew up where the fjord met the open sea; she loves the sea. She is married to Doctor Wangel, a doctor in a small town in West Norway (in the mountains). He has two daughters (Bolette and Hilde) by his previous wife, now deceased. He and Ellida have a son who dies as a baby, which puts a big strain on their marriage. Wangel, fearing for Ellida’s mental health, has invited up Arnholm, Bolette’s former tutor and now the headmaster of a school in hope that he can help Ellida. However, Arnholm thinks that it is Bolette waiting for him and he proposes. She agrees to marry her former teacher because she sees this as her only opportunity to get out into the world.

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 recognizes her freedom to choose since he understands that he has no other options. This goes in his favour as she then chooses him. The play ends with the sailor leaving and Ellida and Wangel taking up their lives again together.

Directed by the German director Heinz-Uwe Haus

(in Greek)

The performance on the 8th of December will be with English and Turkish subtitles

When

From: Saturday, November 11th, 2017
Until: Saturday, December 30th, 2017
Time: 20:30 (Sun:18:00)

Where

9 Gregori Afxentiou
Nicosia, Nicosia 1096, Cyprus
Email:
Phone: 77772717

Cost

€12 / €6

Contact

THOC
Email:
Phone: 77772717

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