Ghosts, Abbey Theatre, Dublin review - creating tension from desolation
Cathy Belton's devastating economy steers Mark O'Rowe's quietly stunning Ibsen Church and law are enemies of promise in Ibsen's tragedy-without-catharis. You can see why this devastating attack on, among other things, the syphilitic sins of the fathers being visited on the hopeful young created a ruckus in the 1880s. It's still potent thanks to the characters' complex reactions to social constraints. Mark O'Rowe's ne…