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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Egged on by Hilde he overcomes his fear of hights in a gesture of self-reviving hubris as a stagelight casts an almost messianic shadow on the back of the stage. Set and lighting, in fact, hold Ibsen's character-oriented play to a high-wire of beauty. Piping classical music brings out a gracile quatro of stage hands between acts one and two: They lay out light-cobalt platforms which in turn absorb a dull, icy lighting scheme. As the A.R.T.'s actors quickly sketch their tragedy (an uber-fable about ambition and hubricguilt), its stagecraft is relentlessly Scandinavian...

Author: By Benjamin E. Lytal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Building Keeps Out the Cold: Ibsen Takes Center Stage at A.R.T. | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

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