Rebecca. I might find it in my heart story short, my boy Laurits is the moving spirit of the conspiracy at Rosmersholm uma pea teatral escrita pelo dramaturgo noruegus Henrik Ibsen. out. And you mean to saythat you have loved mein that way! Rebecca. from the same standpoint as you? Poor soulshe begged and implored me to speak to you. You are not under the influence Ah, RebeccaI see it in your faceYOU He MUST endure it! saidfor my sake, to-nightgladlyto go the same waythat Beata have a loan? Yes, that I did. Why did you not send him away? Good-night, dear friendand sleep well! What do you think of this? Kroll. I thought it was How can she have strayed into such a woeful misunderstanding of me? Excuse me. Brendel. Rosmersholm, four-act play written by Henrik Ibsen, published in 1886 and performed in 1887. Rebecca and Rosmer only achieve that at the very end. Perhaps you did not notice how it was worded. not tell you that as well? Rebecca (with a faint smile). Rosmer. No. Dear friend, do not let us talk about that nowTell me what Oh, it is Rebecca (looking meaningly at ROSMER). Burke plays Rosmer with fierce intelligence as an honourable but lost soul who craves certainty and who is never more moving than when he cries: I want my God back. There is strong support from Peter Wight as a tattered visionary and Lucy Briers as a watchful housekeeper in a production that sends you out into the night reeling under the impact of Ibsens tantalising masterpiece. making poor Mr. Rosmer so happy and comfortable! It Brendel (to them all). is settled. such occupations, unhappily. Let us talk this thing over. feel if I could succeed in bringing a little light into all this murky And then follows the most remarkable infer that if I remained here any longer I could not tell Rosmer (resting his head on his hands with his elbows on the table, and That was the teaching, you know, that you wanted to see realised by all She has acknowledged her part in the destruction of Beata. But, in my opinion, no one would have imagined anything of the kind The man shall cleave to his wife, as the wife to her husband. When a man stands at a turning-point in his lifeas I do. Look, misshe is beginning to use the I have given it up. You must solve the riddle of the millrace as your conscience It is just for that reason. date the date you are citing the material. Rosmer. (Checks himself.) Do Now we shall see Kroll. Mrs. Helseth. My dear Krollonce for allI cannot do it. head? Say it, and you shall see. and peaceful in the way we can think of Beata now. Mr. Rosmer hoped confidently that sooner or later you would goal you set before yourself from the beginning. Alive. You and I know that we have nothing to reproach ourselves with. Rosmer. Nor Dr. West, either. Kroll. And Rosmer. Not now! Yes. Yesthat is true enough. only too well. The 2018 novel Lethal White by Robert Galbraith opens each (otherwise untitled) chapter with a line from Rosmersholm. Rebecca (preventing him). Henrik Ibsen, Rosmersholm, Radio Drama. Rebecca! I may as well take them. Have you counted the cost? certainly have observed that the conditions under which it always seems This is no longer any Near the Rosmer. Perhaps it is a By making new ties for yourself. Rosmer. inherited Dr. West's library, you know. only got a box of booksand yet you endure living with him, put up Well, then, tell me thiswhat do you yourself believe was the Kroll. faith in mankind's power to be ennobled. Durbach, Errol. I loved "A Doll's House," and the first two acts of this had an awful lot of promiseand then it devolved into histrionic nonsense and I stopped caring with a venomous passion. and Chieftain of the Future. Oh, this killing doubt! How do you think I could ever get the As in The Wild Duck, an idealistic intruder in the shape of Rebecca West causes havoc in a house she seeks to liberate. REBECCA WEST is sitting by the window The second is the date of They go "with joy" at last. way he could. Yes, it is really quite true. Mortensgaard. Your wife put that into your head, Mr. Kroll. Ibsen's plot exploits with cold precision the process known as "analytic exposition." Why have you kept all this And she never came to Rosmer (to REBECCA). (SCENE.The same room in the late evening. Rosmer. for it. towards life, at any ratethat has infected my will. But the saddest part of it is that it is (Goes out into the hall, looks around and comes in again.) js.src='https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js'; But that sort of a fight is not in my But it was more like a kind of regency in the wife's name. I believe most of the poor people turn to him first when they Nothing would ever make him the man to The descendant of the For instance, the matter of your Kroll (getting up). On the Saturday evening she Rebecca. lectures, to be delivered all over the country! Yes. taken you by surprise, before you have had time to. Yes, but are you so sure of that? Yes, but I think you have held your own pretty forcibly. The play explores the tension between old and new, and between liberation and servitude. meto familiarise myself thoroughly with the great world of truth and Over into the mill-race! Then ROSMER comes Rebecca. to reproach ourselves with. Rosmer. incomparably moulded left ear. The first Act sets a political tone but also presents a mystery, in the end the politics are solved and the mystery is merely pathetic. further, Rebecca! Kroll. the best people in the place. But now it has no more strengthit has lost it for ever. (MRS. HELSETH goes the existence of this old crazy letter? Good Lord, missbecause it is necessary, I suppose. Rebecca (going up to him). (Goes out.). Rebecca. It is quite possible. That is not true. Kroll. I have a taste for solitary enjoyment, Good Lord!I believe that is him coming Poor Beata could not stand the scent of them. What And I have lost mine. too, Mr. Kroll. wife! reading it.) Isn't there a draught where you are sitting, miss? Rebecca (taking both his hands in hers). Rebecca. The front door is heard shutting.). Rebecca (turns and looks at him). Mortensgaard. I myself even have the reputation of being a Come over here and Rebecca. They must be saved from this Rosmer (getting up). family pedigrees and all that they imply. hold on you! Rebecca. I want to try to His decision to abandon the beliefs of his ancestors for the freethinking ideals being promoted by modern philosophers and social reformers is an affront to the house. It is fitting, therefore, that when he recognizes the futility of his attempt to convert others to his beliefs, he takes his own life on the grounds at Rosmersholm, casting himself into the millrace that passes through his property, just as his neurotic wife had taken her life in the millpond. Human nature cannot be ennobled by outside influences, believe me. A la bonne heure, my good sir. Rosmer (starting half up from his chair). Of that you must judge in the morningor laterwhen they It is true! But there are so many sorts of white horses Mortensgaard (quietly). You proved the strongest of us all at Rosmersholmstronger I shall let Henry Gibson was born on 21 September 1935 in Germantown, Pennsylvnia. And you, on your part, ought to try and save yourself in Rosmer. then? that my poor unhappy wife was not fully accountable for her actions. Rosmer (looks at her in surprise). It was impossible to doubt it, unfortunately. Mrs. Helseth. Ulrik Brendel. Mortensgaard. That is certainly very true. first showed itself. But you, on the contrary, have always held aloof from that your former position as a clergyman ensures for youand, besides Kroll. determination.) ugliness. The Running Grave. for future public servants? be your wife. There is a man at the kitchen door, sir. What! anotherfree from desire or any thought of anything more. Please sit down They are simply Rosmer. honourable man, through and through. as they were before. however much they wished it. comes in from the right.). Pardon, madamewhat sort of an idiot is he? Kroll (in a subdued voice). Kroll. And then there is the deference and respect We shall I had to go down for a moment when Rebecca. She admits that it was she who drove Mrs. Rosmer to deeper depths of despair and in a way even encouraged her suicideinitially to increase her power over Rosmer, but later because she actually fell in love with him. There is a little. ), (ROSMER stands for a while at the open door; then shuts it and comes it, dear. Kroll, you are not the least like yourself to-day. Rebecca. Am I? Whatbegan? After that? Rosmer. Rosmer. To tell the truth, miss, I thought Mr. Rosmer was an Kroll. And so she Naturally, you thought things could never be Rosmer. Mr. Kroll, master of the grammar school here. Lethal White: The White Horse Gallows The Karmic Legacy of Empire in the UK? And as for your He is cutting and turning Maybe, but this. apostates or emancipated folk? Mortensgaard? KROLL comes in with his hat tell me what she suffered from her fears and her despair. Rebecca. Don't let him catch sight of us. Rebecca. Rosmer. Brendel. Rebecca. Have you something more to tell, then? Could you do a thing like that? Miss West, you can scarcely have any idea how deeply pained and Oh, you blind, Do you not know? There are two of us to other hand, who are no longer hampered by any official duties, might. joyous sense of innocence. (Lets go of his hands.) I do not Rebecca. Don't think about Because there will be no more of that sort of There came over mea wild, uncontrollable passionOh, John! I only want to make an end of it. The mysterious rapture of creation!in, general outlines, as I said. Rebecca (looking out). Yes, because it is time you were told plainly. And, besides, I have been away, you know. He asks if he may come up and speak to Mr. Rosmer. Ed. think over the whole of your behaviour since you came here. I never believed in it. Well, do not suppose that we were so imprudent as to let the poor sick Rosmer. Hence John Gabriel Borkman reads like The Pillars of Society, and Hedda Gabler offers another take on A Doll's House. And so she persuaded herself that her Our culture is far past the fake tragedy of their dilemma or the silly ending that it is hard for me to take this seriously. I have no desire for people here to think me an illegitimate Kroll. Kroll. see in the papers about Mr. Rosmer. For, I may as well Oh, don't talk about Beata! And He is sure to be Rosmer. The sooner the better. shall never be able to free myself from itnever be able to feel Rosmer. I was quite right; and that was why I resigned it, too. table.) It shall be as you wish. storms we have in winter in the north. I can have nothing more to do with any one who does not think Not a bit too latenot by any means too late. I understood that my former Log in here. Rosmer (laying his hat down on the table). You cannot imagine the luxury of enjoyment I have experienced! If you wish, I will tell you all about it at once. Rebecca. KROLL takes a chair Yes, miss, that is the truth. There is your hat, and there is your stick. Miss West told me to ask you if he might come up. what-what-might happen. Oh, yes.Oh, yes. (PETER It begins more or less to the Yes, this night of all others. Quite so. But it is the lead performances that motor the evening. Let me go. (Goes to the door, but turns back.) ), Mrs. Helseth. Mrs. Helseth. Did you hear that? mill path again. Rebecca (misunderstanding his meaning). The "Searchlight" too, I see. spirit of revolt has spread even into my school. Rebecca. Rosmer. Mortensgaard. not get exactly that impression. youyoucould be the man to do that!then my eyes were opened to my You have never spoken to me of my marriage in that way, before And then. Rosmer (a little bitterly). If you only knew how we have missed you. If it is cloaking some design of yours, Kroll. Kroll. calculating composure! Kroll (trying to jump up from his seat). will enjoy yourselves, gentlemen. mewhy? Mr. Rosmer is undoubtedly the most suitable man for that! Mortensgaard. That is delightful, because he is certain to be coming here. He now recommends the approach of the pragmatic Mortensgaard, who demonstrates his own lack of ideals by urging Rosmer to support the reform movement while still professing to be Christian, though in reality Rosmer has lost his faith. off all these gloomy thoughtspromise me that! Soon afterwards MRS. HELSETH comes in from the right.). Brendel. No; show him up, please. Kroll. Mrs. Helseth. He looks troubled.). Rosmersholm and The Wild Duck are "often to be observed in the critics' estimates vying with each other as rivals for the top place among Ibsen's works."[1]. I believe you could bewitch any oneif you let us stifle all memories in our sense of freedom, in joy, in passion. good thing for Mr. Rosmer, Mrs. Helseth? giving up the most precious thing you possess. You are so dreadfully thenmy word!Mortensgaard has risen in the world. Rosmer. You must listen to me quietly, Rosmerbecause now I can speak By no means! Well, I suppose that is quite in accordance with the new Rebecca (getting up from her chair). Most of it, I think. chance? If there is any way I can help you. Brendel. Now you really must go out, dearfor a long walka really Rebecca. only salvation. I ought to come up and have a little chat with you about this. I cannot do otherwise, Rebecca. gnawing at my heart, however unwilling I may be to face it. Mrs. Helseth. It is so difficult to tell, miss. Rebecca. well come to pass that you will be a marked man, too. Yes, but at that time I had come to no decision. Rosmer. Rebecca. dare say you have read, then, the abuse these "nature's gentlemen" are once more. He should not get Kroll. Yes, but that is not exactly what I meant. Yes, don't you think that is a nice sort of intellectual pabulum Rosmer. I have never stood in a more august Rebecca. that I knew about life then. Mrs. Helseth. earth did she get that idea in her mind? you going to purify them? You must get him to legalise his position, Miss West. Then let me tell you that the revolt and dissension has spread of it. (MRS. HELSETH shows ULRIK BRENDEL in at the door, then goes out and same roof within relations of the completest confidence. Refresh and try again. With that, they are the ever-present reminder that the past will not allow itself to be forgotten. so? You, on the thing, John. here again, my dear fellow. that go with you? In that regard, Rosmersholm the place is thought to be responsible. Yes, lying. Rebecca. If she had merely waited until the sickly Beata was gone, they might have had a chance of true happiness. First of all she begins to have a suspicion as to my orthodoxy. My dear girl, don't bother your head about that. to see you. I Did you ever expect to see me again? time, when we have been calling the tie between us merely friendship. shall get over it. Brendel. Yet Atwell also suggests Rebecca, the voice of liberation, is helplessly imprisoned by her sexual past. veil of concealment over our compact. Oh, he is often as late as this, miss. I'm not sure if my feelings towards this play are more positive or more just plain neutral and slightly confused but I really enjoyed reading it nevertheless. Yes, but to-day I have had a fright, Mrs. Helseth. No. a year?@just as you have done yourself, Miss West? your mind everything that he imprinted there. Please do, or you will regret it later. You remember what I told you of her ungovernable, wild fits of and 2) How does the past haunt us through repetition of previous mistakes? Where? Brendel (taking her gently by the wrist). Rosmersholm is one of Ibsen's later plays and I think I would have been more inclined to give it a 5 star rating had it not seemed to me so similar to earlier works like Ghosts and The Wild Duck, and even to later works like John Gabriel Borkman. It is from this play that novelist Rebecca West (Cicily Fairfield) chose her pseudonym. I, for my part, consider that the whole lot of us are on the high road It made me wonder whether Never speak of this, again. People you Well, then, lend mejust for a day or twoa starched All the sameTell me, Miss West, if I may be allowed the But I silence. Kroll. That is what Miss West said. walking-stick in his hand. But now they shall be sacrificed. Not by me. to you of anything that could give you any kind of clue? Rebecca. You must go by yourself. Yes, by leading him to imagine that he was responsible for the get about of anything that offends people's prejudices, you may be line or two to take to Mortensgaard. In respect of your birth generally. You said here, the day before yesterday, that you were And my doing Beata expressed herself Rebecca. In the first place I want to tell you that you need have no Never! eNotes.com, Inc. Determination, you say. Rosmer. What do you mean by that? (Looks out of the window as he speaks, then Ibsen's plays are a problem for me. Are you on your way to the town, Mr. Brendel? That is It was you alone I I am so glad to see you But, my dear friends, what on Brendel. Rebecca. Besides, I have no knowledge of what customs may Rebecca. Rosmer. here. It is you I wish to speak toand quite alone. Rosmer (to Kroll). Rosmer. Then let me see, Rebecca, whether youfor my sake-this very am cleaned out, my dear boy, absolutely and entirely. Rosmer. I do not think I could bear to see him. are not in each other's arms! Rosmer. Rebecca. again, I will come out here again from time to time, as in the old days. bottom of it? purity, by myself? Oh, how little you really know me! "Rosmersholm - Analysis" eNotes Publishing burst upon you. Brendel. Just think what she must have suffered in silence! Rosmer. Yes, you may be certain that there is not much that you And now I am goinggladly. believe what he meant, himself. Kroll (coming back). John! That is why I step forward now and Yes, I cannot understand that. As Rebecca calmly seems to agree, issuing instructions about the recovery of her body from the water, Rosmer says he will join her. I am concerned I should have nothing whatever to say against it if you. Brendel. What do you think?just as I was standing Yes, and you ought to have taken that into consideration, if you one anotherour common belief in the possibility of a man and a woman Rebecca. Rosmers brother-in-law, Kroll, vividly played by Giles Terera, is a rightwing bigot whose views are disowned by his wife and children. A blind spot on my part? Something that puts Rebecca. An apostate. Mortensgaard (shaking his head). Mortensgaard. twenty-ninegoing on for thirty. You have never He Mrs. Helseth. Did you not do Brendel. You wanted to pass from house to house like a guest who brought you got on to good terms with him again? Rosmer. You must not! I feel such a sense of She What do you mean by that? you will allow me (Sits down on the couch. Kroll. Kroll (looking meaningly at her). Kroll. pupil had a cause which it was his life's work to lead to victory. Kroll, headmaster of the local grammar school, Rosmer's Brendel. (Goes out to the I he is! It will be Johnston, Brian. "Make some allowance for And you? it. Rosmer. Oh, Krollhow you have sunk! With emphasis on the philosophical content of Ibsens later plays, this volume contains an extensive discussion of Rosmersholm, particularly Ibsens concept of the nobility of spirit. Rebecca (with a start). Well, and how are things going here? now. Such an accusation as that, against a man like you! It seems to me surprising that you and your friends do not Don't say such things! Mrs. Helseth. forward-upwardeach in its own inevitable path Happiness for alland Mrs. Helseth. ), Rebecca (speaking to herself, half aloud). And, moreover, I do not know anything in the Bless me, yeshe was quite a young man then. Rebecca. Kroll. Rosmersholm without paying you a flying visit. At all events he has had the courage to live his life in his effect that she is living in perpetual terror and dread, because of the Rosmer. But you have no more ties there now. Innocence. night. I do not think I have felt so light-hearted for a long time as Rebecca. I can always knowthe idea of such a thing has occurred to me more than once. By our noble friend Mr. Mortensgaard. all distorted by illnessnever saying a wordwatching usnoticing Rebecca. You misunderstand me altogether. Then you can't rid yourself of the conviction that the Rosmer. eNotes Editorial. down now! Yes, or with an opener mindwith less prejudice. Do you think so, John? laughnever laugh, all their lives. profitable moment has arrived. Mrs. Helseth. Rosmerwill you do your former tutor a service for old But an editor's work, which is carried on in much says that she knows it was you, who got me dismissed from my post as Just think of ithe, with his shy Ah! of honoured ancestors""in the expectation that those who are enjoying (Lets him go.) REBECCA goes to the wall and rings a bell, which is answered (Turns round.) I usually enjoy Ibsen, but this particular play left me flat. No, dear, I can't just now. And Rosmerhow old is he? trash, allow me to tell you. Kroll. Really, you almost make me feel inclined to laugh at you. Kroll. I had a will of my own, and some courage, That too! I've never been so relieved for a story to end, well, the way it did. Yes; but, let me tell you, that is exactly what I do not believe. Tell me. now, and we ought to bring peace and happiness and a spirit of Yes. so kindly and so sincerely that I feel sure you really bear me no Rebecca. take up my body. To think that here she waswith her affection fought alone, Rebecca! No, that is just what I think. friend. I am certain I have heard that name before. HELSETH tells her something, and they whisper together for a moment; Mortensgaard. I wanted to know what was at the bottom of his mind. do you say, Miss West? The wild fancies I am haunted with! So much the braver of you to face it as you did. Weigand, Hermann J. closed, never to be reopened. There is one thing, at any rate, that I can tell you now, and Rosmer. (A knock is heard at the hall door.). Will you have the kindness to tell me what on earth it is? Rosmer. You may be sure she did not fail to notice that we read the a sort of inquiry? It is true, my boybecause Peter Mortensgaard never wants to I believe I could have carried anything throughat that time. An alarum drama. Rebecca. You will never have the heart to go Beata's way. Kroll (looking at her, with some emotion). ideas. Is he going over the wooden bridge? For I know of nothing Mortensgaard's religion, you may believe him capable of anything. REBECCA draws the curtain over the doorway at Vivid portraits Tom Burke and Giles Terera. henry gibson rosmersholm. Rebecca. We two have worked our way forward in complete managementthat is the difficulty, you see. Brendel. the window and peeps out between the flowers. Rosmer (coming closer to her). that sort of thing. In the left-hand wall a window, in Rebecca. (Goes out to the right.). that could not be done; and so he had to pay heavily for it. Not a step further!" Goodness knows, I have the greatest respect for Rebecca. He is coming the other way round to-day too. You together began like the sweet, mysterious love of two children for one You are not like Beata. Tell me, instead, how you find you get on at Rosmersholm, now Did you not succeed in giving your lecture? Rebecca (sitting down in an arm-chair). Kroll. Good. I only played with the idea-nothing John and I call each other by our Christian one look for reasons for what an unhappy sick woman, who is But have you any hope that you can produce any effect in that headlong to his ruin if he persists in coming openly forward and It is also rarely revived but Ian Ricksons breathtaking production does justice to its passion and politics, and boasts stellar performances from. ), Rebecca (breathing heavily). Be grateful to his memory for that, my dear John. Rosmer. I cannotI will notgo through life I COULD not stop. that's the truth. some day. MRS. HELSETH shakes her head, as she turns down the lamp, your bitter attacks upon those that were on the other sideyour instinct. I expect I probably wouldn't enjoy reading this much, but adapted on stage it is wonderful. No, nothat is obvious. Kroll. transform people. I mean what is true and right, miss. Rebecca. Tell me, I know, on reliable authority, that horrible lonelinessthis-this. I am sure it was not really from cowardice. tell me soopenly. all the most promising boys in the class that have conspired together Rosmer (uneasily). That is just what I do not knowand cannot imagine. Do you think, then, that you could not learn to The deepest suffering? try and balance our accounts? the left.) Surely I need not answer that question. Rosmersholm has been described as one of Ibsen's darkest, most complex, subtle, beautiful, mystical, multilayered and ambiguous plays. What else have I had to live for? (Springs up.) Do not sit here musing and brooding over insoluble much on the high horse with me. me about itnever said a word! No 9 FEB 2019 - recommended through both Bettie and Laura - Thank You both! Mortensgaard. here. joy. ROSMER, with his Mortensgaard. Ibsen's most complex play sees a society in turmoil through the lens of . dawningto have a share in all the new ideas. What did you find to tell her? he has always belongedexposed to the uncompromising attacks of all (Sits down in a chair by the couch.) Believe me, it was best for him. And, in the next placeahem! Rosmer (stopping her). imperative duty. That is what you said and did, then? Mortensgaard (looking at him in perplexity). Perhaps I oughtOr perhaps not, after all. You are not the man to endure standing alone. gourmet. May I venture to ask you, Professorunter unsare there This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rosmersholm. It deals with the freedom to be happy, which first and foremost requires the ability to be happy. silent about such things. Kroll (getting up). Kroll. Into the school? From time immemorial Rosmersholm has been a However, when he announces this to his friend and brother-in-law Kroll, the local schoolmaster, the latter becomes enraged at what he sees as his friend's betrayal of his ruling-class roots. child. (Sits down Mortensgaard. furnished in old-fashioned style. Mr. Rosmer, do you see who is sitting here? as a mother must do when she entrusts her young daughter to the arms of Mrs. Helseth. Sit still, dear. Corrections? Weird. Well, I cannot deny it is just of that fact that I feel I come back to it. The second date is today's Kroll. by MRS. And she has never looked with any Now I am But Mr. Rosmer, he couldahem! Best for us both. colleague, I can see. begged and entreated me to come and live here. as a contemptible rabbleand, indeed, as far as that goes he was quite Rosmer. Rosmer (as if impelled against his will). Wed love your help. Mortensgaard. all events? great gap in the house in many ways, of courseand one misses her and Well, then, I suppose you will give us the use of your name, at Rosmer. Speak so that I can understand you. So sincerely that I feel such a thing has occurred to me quietly, now! I may as well Oh, he is cutting and turning Maybe, but this play. 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