Hedda Gabler
Americannoun
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Your castmate, Nina Hoss, said the role of Hedda Gabler is for women actors what Hamlet is for men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
So German actress Nina Hoss has actually played the title role of Hedda Gabler onstage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
She became famous for her electrifying portrayals of history and literature’s most unconventional women: Queen Elizabeth in the British TV series “Elizabeth R,” Hedda Gabler, Gudrun in Ken Russell’s film of the D.H.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2019
Now 60, she made her name at the RSC and the National Theatre, where she shone in some of the great tragic roles, including Medea, Electra, Richard II, Mother Courage and Hedda Gabler.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2019
Of Hedda Gabler he says: 'It was not really my desire to deal in this play with so-called problems.
From Figures of Several Centuries by Arthur Symons
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