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- 1The Master Builder review: Ibsen's big-drop drama at Arcola●The Master Builder review – false swagger and queasy infidelity propel Ibsen’s big-drop drama By Arifa Akbar Arcola thea
Arifa Akbar reviews David Edgar's new translation of Ibsen's The Master Builder at the Arcola theatre in London. The staging follows a middle-aged architect's fall from power, with false swagger and uneasy infidelity driving the drama. Akbar finds Edgar's version grounds the play's otherworldly qualities, but judges the production's flaws too prominent to overlook.