Ghosts Author:Henrik Ibsen, Richard Eyre "Ghosts" is one of Ibsen's three most famous plays - the others are "A Doll's House" and "Hedda Gabler". It concerns the desire of a mother, Mrs Alving, to shield her son, Oswald, from the truth about his dead father and from the grisly time-bomb - inherited syphilis - that he has bequeathed to his son. In this new version by Richard Eyre, forme... more »r Director of the National Theatre, "Ghosts" opens in the West End in January 2010 with "Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall in the role of Mrs Alving. Richard Eyre also directs.« less