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Title: The Lady From The Sea

Author: Henrik Ibsen

Translator: Eleanor Marx-Aveling

Posting Date: December 23, 2008 [EBook #2765]
Release Date: July, 2001

Language: English

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THE LADY FROM THE SEA

By Henrik Ibsen

Translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Doctor Wangel.
Ellida Wangel, his second wife.
Bolette,
Hilde (not yet grown up), his daughters by his first wife.
Arnholm (second master at a college).
Lyngstrand.
Ballested.
A Stranger.
Young People of the Town.
Tourists.
Visitors.

(The action takes place in small fjord town, Northern Norway.)

THE LADY FROM THE SEA

ACT I

(SCENE.--DOCTOR WANGEL'S house, with a large verandah garden in front of
and around the house. Under the verandah a flagstaff. In the garden
an arbour, with table and chairs. Hedge, with small gate at the back.
Beyond, a road along the seashore. An avenue of trees along the road.
Between the trees are seen the fjord, high mountain ranges and peaks. A
warm and brilliantly clear summer morning.

BALLESTED, middle-aged, wearing an old velvet jacket, and a
broad-brimmed artist's hat, stands under the flagstaff, arranging the
ropes. The flag is lying on the ground. A little way from him is an
easel, with an outspread canvas. By the easel on a camp-stool, brushes,
a palette, and box of colours.

BOLETTE WANGEL comes from the room opening on the verandah. She carries
a large vase with flowers, which she puts down on the table.)

Bolette. Well, Ballested, does it work smoothly?

Ballested. Certainly, Miss Bolette, that's easy enough. May I ask--do
you expect any visitors today?

Bolette. Yes, we're expecting Mr. Arnholm this morning. He got to town
in the night.

Ballested. Arnholm? Wait a minute--wasn't Arnholm the man who was tutor
here several years ago?

Bolette. Yes, it is he.

Ballested. Oh, really! Is he coming into these parts again?

Bolette. That's why