Hedda Gabler

Author: Ibsen, Henrik

Brand: Pan Macmillan India Books Brand code

Edition: Main

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 112

Release Date: 15-12-2016

Details: Product Description
Just married. Bored already. Hedda longs to be free.This vital new version by Patrick Marber (Closer, Three Days in the Country) opened at the National Theatre, London, in December 2016.
Review
This smartly conceived and surprisingly understated reading of an overfamiliar classic - lent a fresh translation by Patrick Marber... a bold, clear, finally harrowing account of the play... right at the eleventh hour, we're being presented with one of the performances and productions of the year. ―
Daily Telegraph

A brisk, cobweb-free, new version by Patrick Marber... forces us to see Ibsen's masterpiece with fresh eyes. ―
Guardian
About the Author
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian poet and playwright, was one of the shapers of modern theatre, who tempered naturalism with an understanding of social responsibility and individual psychology. His earliest major plays,
Brand (1866) and
Peer Gynt (1867), were large-scale verse dramas, but with
Pillars of the Community (1877) he began to explore contemporary issues. There followed
A Doll's House (1879),
Ghosts (1881) and
An Enemy of the People (1882). A richer understanding of the complexity of human impulses marks such later works as
The Wild Duck (1885),
Rosmersholm (1886),
Hedda Gabler (1890) and
The Master Builder (1892), while the imminence of mortality overshadows his last great plays,
John Gabriel Borkman (1896) and
When We Dead Awaken (1899).

Patrick Marber was born in London in 1964. He began his career as a writer in 1986. He co-wrote and appeared in a number of radio and television programmes including
The Day Today and
Knowing Me, Knowing You and, more recently, BBC R4's
Bunk Bed (with Peter Curran). In 1995 his first play
Dealer's Choice premiered at the National Theatre in a production he also directed. Since then, he has written and directed plays and screenplays including
After Miss Julie, Closer, Howard Katz, Don Juan in Soho, The Red Lion, Three Days in the Country, Hedda Gabler, Notes on a Scandal and
Love You More. He has also directed two of Tom Stoppard's plays, a revival of
Travesties and the premiere of
Leopoldstadt. He lives in London with his wife and their three children.

EAN: 9780571336753

Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.0 x 0.6 inches

Languages: English