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Pillars of the Community

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  9w, 11m

Samuel Adamson, Henrik Ibsen

Pillars of the Community
by Henrik Ibsen, in a new version by Samuel Adamson

Samuel Adamson's highly-acclaimed new version of this Ibsen classic portrays shipbuilder Karsten Bernick, a respected, highly successful businessman in a small Norwegian coastal town. Bernick's wealth has been founded on a long-buried deceit which i…

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Samuel Adamson's highly-acclaimed new version of this Ibsen classic portrays shipbuilder Karsten Bernick, a respected, highly successful businessman in a small Norwegian coastal town. Bernick's wealth has been founded on a long-buried deceit which is now being threatened with exposure. As the wily, unscrupulous Bernick struggles to preserve his standing in the community, he sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy all he holds most dear.
  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting A living-room and terrace

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Samuel Adamson

Samuel Adamson
Samuel Adamson’s plays include Frank & Ferdinand(National Theatre Connections), Southwark Fair, (National Theatre), Mrs. Affleck(from Ibsen’s Little Eyolf, National Theatre), Boston Manor(Theatre 503/Theatre Voice), Fish and Company(National Youth Theatre/Soho Theatre), Clock ...
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Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

At age 23, Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) became theatre director and resident playwright of the new National Theatre at Bergen, charged with creating a national drama. He directed the Norwegian Theatre in Kristiana from 1857 to 1863, when the theatre went bankrupt. He then set off ...

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