Ready Reference Treatise: Hedda Gabler

By Raja Sharma

“Hedda Gabler” by great Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen was first published in 1890. The play was first performed in Germany in 1891. The play did not receive many positive reviews when it was first performed.

As the time passed, the play subsequently began to gain recognition as a classic of realism. With the passage of time, it became one of the most important plays in the nineteenth century theatre, and world drama.

Hedda is the titular character. Her role is considered to be one of the greatest dramatic roles in the world of theatre. Different scholars have reviewed Hedda’s character from several different angles.

One being asked, Henrik Ibsen said that his intention in giving Hedda Gabler name was to indicate that Hedda as a personality to be regarded rather as her father’s daughter than her husband’s wife. The playwright intended to establish Hedda Gabler as an independent identity and emphatic person.

Ready Reference Treatise: Hedda Gabler
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Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Plot Overview
Chapter Three: Characters
Chapter Four: Complete Summary
Act One
Act Two
Act Three
Act Four
Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Jul 24, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311364586

Raja Sharma

Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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Ready Reference Treatise: Hedda Gabler

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Ready Reference Treatise: Hedda Gabler

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Chapter One: Introduction

Hedda Gabler by great Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen was first published in 1890. The play was first performed in Germany in 1891. The play did not receive many positive reviews when it was first performed.

As the time passed, the play subsequently began to gain recognition as a classic of realism. With the passage of time, it became one of the most important plays in the nineteenth century theatre, and world drama.

Hedda is the titular character. Her role is considered to be one of the greatest dramatic roles in the world of theatre. Different scholars have reviewed Hedda’s character from several different angles.

One being asked, Henrik Ibsen said that his intention in giving Hedda Gabler name was to indicate that Hedda as a personality to be regarded rather as her father’s daughter than her husband’s wife. The playwright intended to establish Hedda Gabler as an independent identity and emphatic person.

The play was first performed on 31st January 1891 in Munich at the Konigliches Residenz Theater. Clara Hesse played the role of Hedda. Her performance was highly admired but the play as a whole did not receive many positive reviews.

Hedda Gabler was first performed in England at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, on 20th of April in 1891. Elizabeth Robins played the role of Hedda Gabler.

Even in the first American production of the play, the role of Hedda Gabler was played by Elizabeth Robins.

The play was for the first time performed in the United States on 30th of March in 1898 at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York City.

The play created a sensation on Broadway in the year 1902