JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN by Henrik Ibsen in a new version by Nicholas Wright. Directed by Richard Eyre, designed by Anthony Ward, produced by Royal National Theatre, recorded at Lyttelton, RNT, November 1996. Featuring Paul Scofield, Eileen Atkins, Vanessa Redgrave. The story of “…a visionary banker who makes a Faustian pact; who gives up love for power and ends up with neither”. 2 hrs 5 mins, 2 cameras
National Video Archive