JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN
by Henrik Ibsen
in a New Translation by Paul Walsh
Stratford Festival 2014
"Each character is fascinatingly flawed and
each performance is breathtaking."
–– BROADWAY WORLD
"A worthy production of a difficult play. Perloff works hard in pursuit of that most elusive goal — the maintenance of some sort of dramatic balance. That could not have happened without the observant and nuanced contribution of Scott Wentworth as Borkman. Wentworth is smart enough not to try to compete against his co-stars and their beautifully written roles. Instead he carves out his own psychological profile of a haunted and hollow man. This Borkman may exhibit intermittent flickers of the resourceful financier he again wants to become, but he remains the prisoner of his own vanity and self-deception. This is detailed acting, unexpectedly low-keyed at times but always interesting to watch. And we sense Borkman’s creeping frigidity of the soul"
––JAMIE PORTMAN, CAPITAL CRITICS CIRCLE
Cast of JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN, Stratford Festival, 2014
JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN, Joseph Ziegler, Scott Wentworth,
Stratford Festival, 2014. Photo by David Hou
CAST
SEANA MCKENNA
LUCY PEACOCK
SCOTT WENTWORTH
ANTOINE YARED
SARAH AFFUL
NATALIE FRANCIS
DEIDRE GILLARD-ROWLINGS
CREATIVE TEAM
PAUL WALSH, TRANSLATOR
CHRISTINA PODDUBIUK, DESIGNER
BONNIE BEECHER, LIGHTING DESIGNER
JOSH SCHMIDT, SOUND DESIGNER
ESTHER JUN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
MICHELLE BOHN, ASSISTANT DESIGNER
C.J. ASTRONOMO, ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER