Ghosts /

Eyre, Richard, 1943-

Ghosts / Henrik Ibsen ; in a new version by Richard Eyre ; from a liberal translation by Charlotte Barslund ; with an introduction by Richard Eyre. - 76 pages ; 20 cm

'Ghosts' concerns the desire of a mother, Mrs Alving, to shield her son, Oswald, from the truth about his dead father and from the grisly time-bomb - inherited syphilis - that he has bequeathed to his son.

9781848420632 (pbk.) : £9.99


Mothers and sons--Drama.
Syphilis, Congenital, hereditary, and infantile--Drama.
Literature.
Literature.

822.9'2