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Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman" is the third of the three plays to be offered by the newly formed American Repertory Theater during its Boston run. Although the A. R. T. was organized to bring to the American stage plays which otherwise might not reach the boards, one id tempted to ask, as with their production of "Henry VIII," why this particular play was chosen for revival. For aside from its value as a specimen of Ibsen's development as a playwright, "John Gabriel Borkman" is a sodden and scarcely believable play...
There is a certain plodding honesty about the first three scenes which is not obscured by the artificial recapitulation of the whole background of the characters in the opening minutes of the play, nor by the precipitate introduction of the battle over the soul of Borkman's son between his aunt and his mother. What rob these scenes of any real force are nor Ibsen's crudities, but the mistakes made by Eva LeGallienne in her several capacities of director, producer, translator and actress. First of all, she has chosen to reduce the play to a five-scene, non-stop...
After the splendid sets he turned out for "Henry VIII," David Ffolkes proves to be a disappointment in "Borkman." His evocation of the interior of a Norwegian home in the late 1900's is unimaginative and in the last two scenes, where he is called upon for outdoor sets, he is barely competent...
Shubert:Happy Birthday Plymouth: Present Laughter Opera House: Song of Norway Ballet Russe (next week) Wilbur: Born Yesterday Colonial: John Gabriel Borkman Symphony Hall: Kreisler Templeton Hayes Jordan Hall: Josh Whte Winslow Posset
...will pour a variety of dramatic experiences not available at your neighborhood theatre. Others explain the aim of a repertory company as the staging of classic vehicles, well-known, well-read, but seldom seen--such as this company has done in "Henry VIII" and will do with "John Gabriel Borkman." The actual merit of the production is secondary to the fact that interested spectators are seeing, in ideal repertory offerings, things that were destined for the stage and have, by changes in modern tastes and temperaments, been relegated to the closet...