Ellida, trapped in a loveless marriage to Dr Wangel, seems psychologically closed off from the world and is drawn irresistibly towards the sea. However, the appearance of a mysterious stranger from the past, to whom she is bound by a terrible secret, awakens unfulfilled passion and brings her desire for freedom into conflict with her social duty. The lady from the sea is a work with all the characteristics that make the writing of the great Norwegian realist unique: an exhaustive analysis of the thoughts and mental states of the main characters, an imposing atmosphere, and perennial questions about human relations.
Eirik Stubø, one of the most important Scandinavian directors working today (and until recently head of the Norwegian National Theatre), has chosen one of his fellow-countryman’s less well known masterpieces for his first production in Greece, which will premiere at the Central Theatre with a superb cast of actors.