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Hedda Gabler
Henrik Ibsen
Hedda Gabler (Rudall, trans.)
by Henrik Ibsen, Nicholas Rudall
Synopsis
Ibsen's great social drama of a caged woman in the late nineteenth century explores her tormented desire for escape and her yearning for individual and spiritual freedom.
Mr. Rudall's translation makes Hedda Gabler beautifully speakable and playable for today's audiences.
Hedda Gabler, daughter of an aristocratic general, has just returned to her villa in Kristiania (now Oslo) from her honeymoon.
Her husband is Jørgen Tesman, an aspiring, young, reliable (but not brilliant) academic who has combined research with their honeymoon.
It becomes clear in the course of the play that she has never loved him but has married him for reasons pertaining to the boring nature of her life.
It is also suggested that she may be pregnant.
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Hedda Gabler (Rudall, trans.) is a play written by Henrik Ibsen and published by Samuel French .
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