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Hedda Gabler (Hampton)

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4w, 3m

Christopher Hampton, Henrik Ibsen

Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen
A new version by Christopher Hampton

The Ibsen classic, in a new version by Christopher Hampton, was seen at the Royal National Theatre in 1989 starring Juliet Stevenson as Hedda.

Hedda Gabler (Hampton)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 3m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptation (Stage & Screen), Period

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Summary
The Ibsen classic, in a new version by Christopher Hampton, was seen at the Royal National Theatre in 1989 starring Juliet Stevenson as Hedda'... Hampton's was, above all, language made to be spoken not quoted. As such it is the key to the production's success in establishing the'sense of the, at times, appallingly comic spectacle of a claustrophobic and fragile world coming apart at the'seams.' What's On.
M3 (29, 33) F4 (33, 45, 65)
  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting A drawing-room

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Christopher Hampton

Christopher Hampton

Christopher Hampton became involved in theatre while studying French and German at Oxford University, and wrote a play in his first year.

The Royal Court's subsequent production was so successful that it transferred to the Comedy Theatre while he was still a student, making hi ...

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Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

At age 23, Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) became theatre director and resident playwright of the new National Theatre at Bergen, charged with creating a national drama. He directed the Norwegian Theatre in Kristiana from 1857 to 1863, when the theatre went bankrupt. He then set off ...

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