[...] Elinda, the heroine of the work, like the little mermaid - seeking the true happiness she does not enjoy in her marriage to the doctor Vangel - turns her gaze outside the narrow confines of her environment, to the open sea.
"The Lady of the Sea," although based on myth, is a psychological drama and concerns the relationship of two people who live without love, trapped within the framework of a social convention.
Elinda, the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, once loved a sailor who promised her a free life. This sailor, a stranger, represents more freedom than the embodiment of ideal love.
The sudden arrival of the stranger disturbs Elinda. Several years have passed since their last meeting and the anticipation has shaken her fragile psyche. [...]

(from the translator's note)