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Hedda Gabler

American  
[hed-uh gab-ler] / ˈhɛd ə ˈgæb lər /

noun

  1. a play (1890) by Henrik Ibsen.


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Olsen: You yourself have played the role of Hedda Gabler onstage in Germany.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

So German actress Nina Hoss has actually played the title role of Hedda Gabler onstage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

The other said that seeing Nazimova as Hedda Gabler gave him his “first conception of a modern theater.”

From New York Times ● May 28, 2020

“Someone once asked me, ‘So you’re an Ibsen expert?’” says Aune, who has directed most of the major plays, and is about to revive her ballet of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler in Oslo.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2019

A few days' search, however, disgusted her and brought her back completely to the mood of the salon, and led her deeply to appreciate Hedda Gabler, and to condemn American morality and the "good" people.

From An Anarchist Woman by Hutchins Hapgood

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