Hedda Gabler

American  

[hed-uh gab-ler] / ˈhɛd ə ˈgæb lər /

noun

1. a play (1890) by Henrik Ibsen.

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Example Sentences

One of the theater’s more prominent sociopaths gets a makeover in “Hedda,” director Nia DaCosta’s reimagining of “Hedda Gabler,” with an approach that opens up the play—and an interpretive can of worms.

From The Wall Street Journal

The effect is exhilarating eyewash, but just one way in which the film departs significantly from its source: “Hedda Gabler” was confined to one room and for a reason—societal oppression, reflected in a corseted space, was the target of the Norwegian playwright and the affliction of his heroine.

From The Wall Street Journal

An enormous cocktail party was not on Ibsen’s itinerary—there is no jazz band in “Hedda Gabler”—but there was a similar sense of impending disaster, before and during the evening in question.

From The Wall Street Journal

The plot machinery of both “Hedda Gabler” and “Hedda” depends on the Eilert-Eileen character arriving on the scene carrying the one and only manuscript of her book—the scholarly study that will humble and awe Hedda‘s husband, endanger his university appointment and send Hedda down a path of skullduggery and ruthless betrayal. In 1891, no one had a “save” function on their laptop.

From The Wall Street Journal

The duo have now collaborated on “Hedda,” an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 play “Hedda Gabler,” written and directed by DaCosta and starring Thompson.

From Los Angeles Times