Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

SECOND LIFE DRAMA!

HEDDA GABLER by Henrik Ibsen. A play in 'Voice'. Free attendance!

At the George C. Dove Theatre, Rockcliffe I.


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The play is set in the capital city of Norway in 1890. The villa of George Tesman, a young aspiring academic historian, and his new bride Hedda, daughter of the late General Gabler.

Act First: Morning.
Act Second: Afternoon of the same day.
Act Third: Early morning of the following day.
Act Fourth: Evening of that day.

A brief note on the position of women in nineteenth-century Norway.

We tend to think of modern Scandinavia as progressive; and indeed it was - for its day - even in 1890. However, particularly for middle-class 'respectable' women, there was very little freedom. It was regarded as scandalous for a woman to be working, travelling or visiting without her husband's explicit permission. She was expected to lose herself in domesticity; comfortable, but nevertheless in a 'gilded cage.'

Technology

In 1890, telephones were exotic and rare in Kristiania [later renamed Oslo.] It would not have been surprising that a conservative man like George Tesman does not own one. Communication was by letters – which were delivered quickly and several times a day – or by personal visit. At the play's date, the city's population was about 200,000.

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CAST

George Tesman: the husband of Hedda; an academic - Ixmal Supermarine

Hedda Tesman: the heroine - Morgue McMillan

Juliana Tesman: aunt of George - Elegia Underwood

Thea Elvsted: friend of Hedda and George, confidante of Eilert - Aara
Frequency

Judge Brack: friend of the Tesmans - Caliban Jigsaw

Eilert Lovborg: George's academic rival whom Hedda previously loved -
Darius Debruyere

Berta: servant to the Tesmans and to George as a child. - Pipsqueak
Albatros

Female Understudy – Dubhna Rhiadra [Thea Elvsted on 16& 23 November]

Director - Ixmal Supermarine
Publicist - Morgue McMillan
Production Designer - Taff Nouvelle

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