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John Gabriel Borkman is the penultimate play of the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, written in 1896. The Borkman family fortunes have been brought low by the imprisonment of John Gabriel who used his position as a bank manager to illegally speculate with his investors' money. The action of the play takes place eight years after Borkman's release when John Gabriel Borkman, Mrs. Borkman, and her twin sister Ella Rentheim battle over the future of young Erhart Borkman. Though John Gabriel Borkman continues the line of naturalism and social commentary that marks Ibsen's middle period, the final act suggests a new phase for the playwright, a phase brought to fruition in his final more symbolic work When We Dead Awaken. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast John Gabriel Borkman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3699">Bruce Pirie</a> Mrs. Gunhild Borkman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3536">Arielle Lipshaw</a> Erhart Borkman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2825">Ernst Pattynama</a> Ella Rentheim: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259">Elizabeth Klett</a> Mrs. Fanny Wilton: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4174">Availle</a> Vilhelm Foldal: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a> Frida Foldal: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6947">Grace Garrett</a> Mrs. Borkman's Maid: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6544">Amanda Friday</a> Narrator: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7791">Robin King</a> Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

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John Gabriel Borkman is the penultimate play of the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, written in 1896. The Borkman family fortunes have been brought low by the imprisonment of John Gabriel who used his position as a bank manager to illegally speculate with his investors' money. The action of the play takes place eight years after Borkman's release when John Gabriel Borkman, Mrs. Borkman, and her twin sister Ella Rentheim battle over the future of young Erhart Borkman. Though John Gabriel Borkman continues the line of naturalism and social commentary that marks Ibsen's middle period, the final act suggests a new phase for the playwright, a phase brought to fruition in his final more symbolic work When We Dead Awaken. (Summary by Wikipedia)CastJohn Gabriel Borkman: Bruce PirieMrs. Gunhild Borkman: Arielle LipshawErhart Borkman: Ernst PattynamaElla Rentheim: Elizabeth KlettMrs. Fanny Wilton: AvailleVilhelm Foldal: Alan MapstoneFrida Foldal: Grace GarrettMrs. Borkman's Maid: Amanda FridayNarrator: Robin KingAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett

John Gabriel Borkman is the penultimate play of the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, written in 1896. The Borkman family fortunes have been brought low by the imprisonment of John Gabriel who used his position as a bank manager to illegally speculate with his investors' money. The action of the play takes place eight years after Borkman's release when John Gabriel Borkman, Mrs. Borkman, and her twin sister Ella Rentheim battle over the future of young Erhart Borkman. Though John Gabriel Borkman continues the line of naturalism and social commentary that marks Ibsen's middle period, the final act suggests a new phase for the playwright, a phase brought to fruition in his final more symbolic work When We Dead Awaken. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast John Gabriel Borkman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3699" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bruce Pirie</a> Mrs. Gunhild Borkman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3536" rel="noopener noreferrer">Arielle Lipshaw</a> Erhart Borkman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2825" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ernst Pattynama</a> Ella Rentheim: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259" rel="noopener noreferrer">Elizabeth Klett</a> Mrs. Fanny Wilton: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4174" rel="noopener noreferrer">Availle</a> Vilhelm Foldal: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7170" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alan Mapstone</a> Frida Foldal: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6947" rel="noopener noreferrer">Grace Garrett</a> Mrs. Borkman's Maid: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6544" rel="noopener noreferrer">Amanda Friday</a> Narrator: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7791" rel="noopener noreferrer">Robin King</a> Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

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