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Hedda Gabler
By Henrik Ibsen
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Description
Universally condemned in 1890 when it was written, Hedda Gabler has since become one of Ibsen's most frequently performed plays. Its title role is elusive and complex: Hedda is an intelligent and ambitious woman, who has no means of finding personal fulfilment in the stifling world of late nineteenth-century bourgeois society. Too frightened of scandal to become involved with a brilliant, wayward writer, she opts for a conventional but loveless marriage in the hope of finding surrogate satisfaction through her husband's career.
Blending comedy and tragedy disconcertingly together, Ibsen probes the thwarted aspirations and hidden anxieties of his characters against a background of contemporary social conditions and attitudes.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
2016-01-28
Publication Date:
2016-01-28
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
147426137X
ISBN13:
9781474261371
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
399 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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