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Ghosts

Oswald is a young artist who has come back home to be with his mother after a long period abroad. His mother is an educated, Victorian woman, whose radical views are in sharp contrast to the prevailing attitudes in this conservative, northern town. Oswald's return and the disturbing news he brings leads to a chain of events that reveals the underlying corruption of this apparently respectable society and leads to a shocking climax.


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DAVID Thacker, the Octagon’s new artistic director, has kicked off his reign with two of his party pieces. First it was an Arthur Miller and now it’s Ibsen’s Ghosts, which he famously directed starring Vanessa Redgrave.more

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ecbian wrote on the 05/11/09 at 14:42…
An enthraling performance by a top rate cast makes this play speak to the modern world despite its age.

Seen as a companion piece to the previous Octogon production of All My Sons the continued theme of family secrets hidden for years coming back to "haunt" future generations…

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