The British star of period dramas and superhero movies thought Ibsen’s Rosmersholm would be all bum rolls and dusty parlours. But it gave her one of her most mercurial roles
Some consider Rosmersholm to be Ibsen’s masterpiece. Yet the work is seldom staged, despite the fact that Ibsen is the second most performed playwright in the world after Shakespeare. And it seems no one can pronounce the play’s name. Is it Roshmerschlum? Roshmerbosh? Rumblebum? Rashmagash?
When the offer came in to play the drama’s heroine, Rebecca West, the first image that came to my mind was of a dusty parlour made entirely of brown carpet. I expected a bum roll under a crinoline and a lot of moping in metaphors. So how am I now here at the Duke of York’s theatre, sitting on the bed in Dressing Room One (which has a bed in it, thanks to Ian McKellen) and performing this play eight times a week to a packed house?
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