The Lady from the Sea

<p> Free and responsible for myself... It all changed when I could choose.</p><p>Ellida ACT FIVE</p><p><br></p><p>  The first play in which Ibsen entirely abandons social satire and devotes himself to pure psychology.</p><p>William Archer (1907)</p><p><br></p><p>Ibsen's rarely performed play THE LADY FROM THE SEA was written just before HEDDA GABLER. It is a powerful expression of a woman's search for her own identity in a world where women are defined by who they are with instead of who they are or who they could become. </p><p><br></p><p>Richard Nelson's translation was commissioned and produced by Court Theatre in Chicago.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>