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The Master Builder review: Ibsen revival opens in London

Original: The Master Builder review – false swagger and queasy infidelity propel Ibsen’s big-drop drama By Arifa Akbar Arcola thea

A new production of Ibsen's The Master Builder has opened at the Arcola Theatre in London, in a translation by David Edgar. Guardian critic Arifa Akbar reviews the drama about a middle-aged architect's fall from power, crediting the translation with grounding the otherworldly play while finding its flaws hard to ignore. Themes of false swagger and uneasy infidelity drive the staging.

Why now: A major national newspaper review of a new Ibsen production is drawing attention to the London theatre scene.

Arcola TheatreHenrik IbsenDavid EdgarArifa AkbarThe Guardian

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• The Master Builder review – false swagger and queasy infidelity propel Ibsen’s big-drop drama By Arifa Akbar Arcola theatre, LondonDavid Edgar’s translation grounds Ibsen’s otherworldly play about a middle-aged architect’s fall from power, but its flaws are too loud to ignore… · guardianfeeds@rssfeed.media

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