The Lady from the Sea [Paperback]

You can't lie to family.
I think we lie to family more than anyone else.

The Lady from the Seais a thrilling dissection of desire, loss and rebirth for the contemporary age.

Fearful she may have settled too easily for a comfortable life married to a well-off doctor, Ellida searches for a way to break the predictable routine her existence has become. When a lover from her past appears at their remote country house, she has to choose between the life she has now built and the one she left behind long ago.

This new adaptation of Ibsen's classic play is written and directed by Simon Stone (Yerma, Phaedra). Published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Bridge Theatre starring Oscar winner Alicia Vikander and Andrew Lincoln, this is an unforgettable contemporary version of a classic text.

A thrilling dissection of desire, loss and rebirth for the contemporary age adapted by multi-award-winning theatre maker Simon StoneSimon Stoneis an Australian film and theatre director, writer and actor. In 2007 Stone founded the independent theatre company The Hayloft Project and adapted and directed their inaugural production of Frank Wedekind'sFr?hlings Erwachen. This production was remounted in 2008 at Belvoir St Theatre and was described in The Sydney Morning Herald as a lean, contained, ultimately furious, liberating production that is well-attuned to Wedekind's poetic rhythms, wit and pubescent discoveries. Other productions Stone adapted and directed for The Hayloft Project includePlatonov, 3xSisters, The SuicideandThe Only Child, a new version of Henrik Ibsen'sLittle Eyolfwhich won the Sydney Theatre Award for Best Independent Production. In 2009 he directed Aleksei Arbuzov'sThe Promisefor Belvoir, starring Ewen Leslie, Alison Bell and Chris Ryan. In 2010 he directed and co-wrote with Mark Leonard Winter, Thomas Henning and Chris Ryan a version of Senel3P