Details

Classic drama of a woman consumed by her passions and driven to destroy all she should love. Hedda's recent and unexpected marriage to worthy but dull academic Tesman is threatened when she returns from honeymoon to find that Lovborg, a charismatic but dissolute previous admirer, has reformed his ways and published a best-selling masterpiece. His now-found success now threatens Tesman's own claim to a professorship - which is his only hope of supporting Hedda in the style she demands. Tesman is already in debt to another of Hedda's admirers, the dangerous Judge Brack. But suddenly events seem to put Hedda in a position to control all their destinies. This is a blistering examination of a woman in turmoil. Fiasco Theatre Company's resetting of Ibsen's masterpiece uses an inventive suggestion to re-examine the impossibility of Hedda's situation and the tragic poignancy of interbellum Europe. Can people, once again, do such things? Running time: 115 mins without interval.

Cast/Performers

Annemarie Highmore (Hedda Gabler), Chris Clynes (Eilert Lovborg), Daniel Jennings (Judge Brack), Claire Lowrie (Thea Elvsted), Benedict Waring (George Tesman)

Creatives/Company

Author: Henrik Ibsen
Company: Fiasco Theatre Company
Director: Diana Vucane