Details

Julian Poulsen and Johannes Birk, students from Christiania, accompany Jorgen Kvist on a visit to the farm of his aunt Mrs. Berg in Telemark. Johannes is secretly engaged to Mrs. Berg's daughter Juliane but finds himself drawn to her stepdaughter Anne, who is believed to be simpleminded. After a midsummer night's adventure at a fairy mound in the woods, the lovers change partners, the self-inflated nationalist Julian pairing off with the flighty, literal-minded Juliane, whereas the imaginative Johannes and Anne, in their engagement, affirm the superior reality of those who see poetry as truth. UK Premiere

Cast/Performers

Sara Crowe, Louise Calf, Isla Carter, Roddy Maude-Roxby, David Osmond, Danny Lee Wynter, Ed Birch, Harry Napier, Luke Bateman

Creatives/Company

Author: Henrik Ibsen
Presented by: Jermyn Street Theatre
Translation: James McFarlane
Director: Anthony Biggs
Design: James Perkins
Lighting: Richard Howell
Music: Luke Bateman