Word: ibsenism
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...WILD DUCK. Although he was dedicated to candor in human relations, Playwright Henrik Ibsen recognized all too clearly that it is kinder to consider what men wish they could be than to deal with them as they are. In its revival of this 1884 play, the APA troupe performs with more precision than passion...
...WILD DUCK. Although dedicated to candor in human relations, Henrik Ibsen also recognized that while it may be just to deal with men for what they are, it is often kinder to consider what they wish they could be. In its revival of the 1884 drama, the APA troupe performs with more precision than passion...
...WILD DUCK. The destruction wrought by an integrity that is more cruel than compassionate is the theme of Henrik Ibsen's drama about a determined idealist who enters a household that is constructed on compromise and held together by gentle illusions. Played competently by the APA repertory company...
...WILD DUCK. The destruction wrought by an integrity that is more cruel than compassionate is the theme of Henrik Ibsen's drama about a determined idealist who enters a household that is constructed on compromise and held together by gentle illusions. Played competently, if not brilliantly, by the APA repertory company...
...WILD DUCK. The APA Repertory Company touches off match flares of understanding in Henrik Ibsen's examination of the human havoc that can result from too ruthless a devotion to honesty, but its production, while accomplished, is a trifle too cozy to carry off the playwright's crueler intention: to drag everyone and everything into unrelenting light...