John Gabriel Borkman (1980)

Written by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Austin Pendleton
Cast: E. G. Marshall, Rosemary Murphy, Irene Worth, Richard Kuss, Freddie Lehne, Patricia Cray Lloyd, Brittain McGowin, Viveca Parker

The Borkman family fortunes have been brought low by the imprisonment of John Gabriel who used his position as a bank manager to speculate with his investors' money. The action of the play takes place eight years after Borkman's release when John Gabriel Borkman, Mrs. Borkman, and her twin sister Ella Rentheim fight over young Erhart Borkman's future.

Theater

Circle in the Square Theatre · Broadway

Closed

February 8, 1981