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
via Wikipedia infobox
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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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