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Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen QUESTION 1
What was the title of the performance? When and where did you see it? In a few sentences describe the plot or the central problem? What type of play was it? What was the play’s message?
QUESTION 2
Was the Performance successful in achieving the goals you discussed in question one? How and Why? Provide an example of how one actor helped make the play successful or unsuccessful through their performance. Provide an example of how one production element (lighting, sets, costume, props) helped support the production.
QUESTION 3
Was the experience worthwhile? Would you recommend it to someone else? Why or Why not?Performance Analysis  Answer Preview……………The title of the performance is “Ghosts”, written by a Norwegian writer known as Henrik Ibsen.  It was performed in the Athenaeum, Chicago. The play, “Ghosts” focuses on the family of one Captain Alving, who from the start of the play

is dead. He has a son who suffers from syphilis, a disease he inherited from him. His wife, who was aware of his infidelities from the beginning is devastated but seeks advice from a locally respected Pastor Manders. This life, which she was forced to live with her husband leads to a lot of pent-up anger and acrimony towards her husband before she decides to face the world.  Jacob Engstrand, a carpenter by profession, is a local unworthy man, according to the society. He decides to marry a woman who is pregnant, just to secure a sense of dignity and respect. If he knows this {the fact that she married an already pregnant woman} we are not sure.  So he gives up his daughter to work in Mrs Alving’s house because he himself cannot raise a child. It is later revealed that the carpenter’s daughter is indeed Captain Alving’s daughter, a product of an extramarital affair………………….APA 440 words
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