The Wild Duck

Summary: 1971 BBC production of The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen.
Theatre play: The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) [more information]
Play synopsis: The Wild Duck is a tragedy with comic episodes which is considered by many critics to be Ibsen’s masterpiece. It recounts the fatal effects of what Ibsen termed the ‘life lie’, the delusions man requires to flee a reality too difficult to bear. The action takes place over three days in a Norwegian town in the 1880s. Act I takes place in the home of Hkon Werle, a wealthy businessman and the rest of the play takes place in the apartment of photographer Hjalmar Ekdal and his family.
Production history: First published in 1884 and first performed in Bergen in 1885.
Date of transmission: Sunday 21 March 1971
Time: 8.15-10.00pm
Series: Play of the Month
Channel: BBC1
Production company: BBC

Director

Alan Bridges

Producer

Cedric Messina

Lighting

Dennis Channon

Playwright

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)

Adapted for Television by

Max Faber

Designer

Natasha Kroll

Script Editor

Rosemary Hill

Cast

Title: The Wild Duck (BBC, 1971)
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