▁own ▁situation ▁as ▁the ▁" master ▁play w right " ▁and ▁the ▁consequences ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁life . ▁That ▁Ib sen ▁was ▁offering ▁a ▁par able ▁was ▁noted ▁in ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁London ▁st aging , ▁when ▁the ▁joint ▁transl ator , ▁Edmund ▁G os se , ▁was ▁asked ▁to ▁explain ▁the ▁meaning ▁of ▁the ▁work . ▁" An ▁alleg ory ▁of ▁Dr ▁Ib sen ' s ▁literary ▁career ", ▁he ▁replied . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Following ▁the ▁controvers y ▁attached ▁to ▁G hosts , ▁with ▁its ▁sensitive ▁topic ▁of ▁inherited ▁sy ph ilis , ▁the ▁play ' s ▁reception ▁in ▁London ▁was ▁not ▁fav ou rable . ▁The ▁more ▁char itable ▁reviews ▁took ▁Sol ness ▁at ▁his ▁own ▁assess ment , ▁as ▁a ▁mad man , ▁and ▁decided ▁the ▁other ▁two ▁protagon ists ▁were ▁mad ▁as ▁well . ▁Some ▁transferred ▁the ▁conclusion ▁to ▁Ib sen , ▁his ▁transl ators ▁and ▁his ▁director . ▁Even ▁The ▁P all ▁Mall ▁Gazette , ▁a ▁champion ▁of ▁Ib sen ' s ▁work , ▁offered ▁sympathy ▁to ▁the ▁" d aring " ▁actors ▁whose ▁medi oc re ▁tal ents ▁were ▁unable ▁to ▁rel ieve ▁the ▁ted ium ▁of ▁this ▁lap se ▁on ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁ ▁" nor thern ▁genius ". ▁The ▁Daily ▁Graph ic , ▁however , ▁found ▁the ▁performances ▁of ▁War ing ▁and ▁Rob ins ▁the ▁" re de em ing ▁feature " ▁of ▁the ▁production . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁run ▁at ▁the ▁T raf al gar ▁Theatre , ▁the