{"product_id":"9781839041242-john-gabriel-borkman","title":"John Gabriel Borkman","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping version of Ibsen's most contemporary play, first performed at the Bridge Theatre, London, in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Gabriel Borkman, once an illustrious entrepreneur, has been brought low by a prison sentence for fraud. As he paces alone in an upstairs room, bankrupt and disgraced, he is obsessed by dreams of his comeback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDownstairs, his estranged wife plots the restoration of the family name. When her sister arrives unannounced, she triggers a desperate showdown with the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHenrik Ibsen's most contemporary play and his penultimate, \u003cem\u003eJohn Gabriel Borkman\u003c\/em\u003e is gripping, penetrating and savagely funny. This version by Lucinda Coxon premiered at the Bridge Theatre, London, in September 2022, directed by Nicholas Hytner, with a cast led by Clare Higgins, Simon Russell Beale and Lia Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40652720734305,"sku":"9781839041242","price":9.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28057735.jpg?v=1722281143","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781839041242-john-gabriel-borkman","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}