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Exploring themes of identity and self-realization, this play delves into the struggles of an artist grappling with his past and the choices he has made. The characters confront their unfulfilled desires and the consequences of their actions, leading to profound revelations. Set against a backdrop of artistic ambition, the narrative examines the tension between personal aspirations and societal expectations, ultimately questioning the nature of awakening and the pursuit of authenticity in life.

Duncan Macmillan's stunning and resonant adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Rosmersholm. This revival of a masterpiece charts love, politics, past and future, with plenty of twists thrown in for good measure.

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Translation and introduction by C.H. Herford, Litt.D., M.A.

A gripping version of Ibsen's most contemporary play, first performed at the Bridge Theatre, London, in 2022.

Since the death of her husband, Helene Alving has been treading water in a sea of empty days. She believes that salvation lies in telling her son the truth about his father. But the consequences of his father's life have caught up with him...

Accolta gelidamente alla prima assoluta di Monaco (1891), poco amata in Scandinavia per la sua estraneità culturale e di costume, in Italia Hedda Gabler , pur non divenendo mai popolare, fu comunque assunta tra i cavalli di battaglia delle primedonne, a cominciare dalla Duse, né mancò di turbare la critica contemporanea: «simbolica e realista», «pallida elegante, fredda», disse Giovanni Pozza; e Scipio Slataper, nella sua tesi di laurea su Ibsen , parlò di «isterica passione», di «qualche cosa che ci fa star zitti e meravigliati». Nel riproporre questa figura di donna gelida e asessuata, amante della vita come eroina dell'estetismo, Franco Quadri ne percorre e analizza, nella sua nota introduttiva, la vicenda ormai secolare sulle scene italiane.