Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler features one of the stage's most unforgettable heroines -- a role coveted by actresses the world over. Ibsen's fascinating tale of obsession and manipulation was first staged in 1891.

Hedda, the daughter of an aristocratic general has just arrived home from her honeymoon with husband George Tesman. The reappearance of George's academic rival -- and Hedda's former lover -- throws all of their lives into disarray, with tragic consequences.

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Auteur

Born in 1828, Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright and poet, often associated with the early Modernist movement in theatre. Determined to become a playwright from a young age, Ibsen began writing while working as an apprentice pharmacist to help support his family. Though his early plays were largely unsuccessful, Ibsen was able to take employment at a theatre where he worked as a writer, director, and producer. Ibsen's first success came with Brand and Peter Gynt, and with later plays like A Doll's House, Ghosts, and The Master Builder he became one of the most performed playwrights in the world, second only to William Shakespeare. Ibsen died in his home in Norway in 1906 at the age of 78.