Johannes Rosmer has resigned as parish priest following the suicide of his wife. But his increasingly liberal ideas make him an object of suspicion to the local worthies, who also disapprove of the presence in his house of a much younger woman, Rebecca West, formerly his wife's companion. As their relationship deepens and their isolation builds, the increasing moral pressures they face force them inexorably towards their fate.<BR>Rosmersholm presents a portrait of idealism and democracy floundering in a society of conservatism and opportunism.<BR>Mike Poulton's new version of Ibsen's Rosmersholm premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, with Helen McCrory and Paul Hilton, directed by Anthony Page.