Hedda Gabler
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Key facts
- Written by
- Henrik Ibsen
- Place premiered
- Königliches Residenz-Theater , Munich , Germany
- Original language
- Danish
- Subject
- A newlywed struggles with an existence she finds devoid of excitement and enchantment
- Genre
- Tragedy
- Setting
- Jørgen Tesman's villa, Kristiania, Norway; 1890s
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Wikidata facts
- Read free · Project Gutenberg
- #4093
- Author
- Henrik Ibsen
- Genre
- tragedy
- Image
- Hedda Gabler.jpg
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- language of work or name
- Norwegian
- Commons category
- Hedda Gabler
- date of first performance
- 1891-00-00
- location of first performance
- Residenz Theatre
- publication date
- 1890-00-00
- form of creative work
- play
- copyright status
- public domain
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
Hedda Gabler ( Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈhɛ̂dːɑ ˈɡɑ̀ːblər]) is a play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The world premiere was staged on 31 January 1891 at the Residenztheater in Munich. Ibsen himself was in attendance, although he remained back-stage. Though initial reviews were negative, it has since been canonized as a masterpiece of literary realism, 19th-century theatre, and world drama in general.
Hedda Gabler dramatizes the experiences of the title character, Hedda, the daughter of a general, who is trapped in a marriage and a house that she does not want. Hedda is considered one of the great dramatic roles in theater, and has been described as a female variation of Hamlet.
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