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HEDDA GABLER by Henrik Ibsen directed by Carole Whiteleather March 10-13 & 17-20 at 7:30, March 14 & 21 at 2:00, Stage II |
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One of the most frequently revived of Ibsen's plays, Hedda Gabler
was first produced in Germany in 1890. Within a few months of its
premiere, the play was staged in France, Scandinavia, Britain, and the
United States. With
its exploration of marital incompatibility and emotional dependence and probation,
the play has influenced playwrights from George Bernard Shaw (Candida)
to Edward Albee (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?). Hedda, trapped in an unworkable marriage, is isolated, unable to make her desires known or understood. The story conveys her entrapment and its disastrous affects on her and those around her. One hundred years after Hedda first appeared on stage, she continues to intrigue those interested in the position of women in contemporary society. My new play (Hedda Gabler) is finished...It gives me a curious feeling of emptiness to find myself suddenly separated from a work that has occupied my time and thought for several months to the exclusion of everything else. But on the other hand it is good to have done with it. Living every moment of my life with these fictional characters was beginning to make ma a little nervous... Letter written by Ibsen, November, 1890 Note: Adult content |
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