Simon Stone's Lady From The Sea starts as a witty, simmering family drama and falters when heightened tragedy fails to land, leaving an anticlimactic ending.
Review: 'The Lady from the Sea' starring Alicia Vikander and Andrew Lincoln at the Bridge Theatre
Simon Stone modernizes Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea, updating language and staging to mix posh banter, Berlin-influenced stagecraft, and sudden emotional tragedy.