Hedda Gabler

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Hedda Gabler is an 1890 play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, renowned as a classic of realist theatre and a complex psychological portrait of its manipulative, conflicted heroine.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf play
stage work
author Henrik Ibsen
countryOfOrigin Norway
dramaticStructure well-made play
firstPerformanceDate 1891
firstPerformanceLanguage German
firstPerformedAt Residenztheater, Munich
firstPublicationDate 1890
firstPublisher Gyldendal
form prose drama
genre psychological drama
realist drama
hasAdaptation Hedda Gabler self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hedda (1975 film)

Hedda Gabler self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hedda Gabler (1963 TV film)

Hedda Gabler self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hedda Gabler (1993 TV film)

Hedda Gabler self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hedda Gabler (film adaptations)
hasCharacter Aunt Julle
Berte
Ejlert Løvborg
Hedda Gabler self-link
Judge Brack
Jørgen Tesman
Thea Elvsted
hasEnglishTranslation Hedda Gabler self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hedda Gabler (English text)
influenced modern psychological drama
literaryPeriod Realism
mainCharacter Hedda Gabler self-link
notableFor classic of realist theatre
complex psychological characterization
numberOfActs 4
originalLanguage Norwegian
originalTitle Hedda Gabler self-link
partOf Hedda Gabler self-linksurface differs
surface form: Henrik Ibsen's late plays
protagonistDescribedAs conflicted
manipulative
tragic heroine
settingCountry Norway
settingLocation Christiania
subjectMatter bourgeois society
gender roles
repression
theme despair and suicide
female autonomy
marriage
power and manipulation
social expectations
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hedda Gabler hasAdaptation Hedda Gabler self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hedda Gabler (film adaptations)
Hedda Gabler hasAdaptation Hedda Gabler self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hedda (1975 film)
Hedda Gabler hasAdaptation Hedda Gabler self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hedda Gabler (1963 TV film)
Hedda Gabler hasAdaptation Hedda Gabler self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hedda Gabler (1993 TV film)
Hedda Gabler hasCharacter Hedda Gabler self-link
Hedda Gabler hasEnglishTranslation Hedda Gabler self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hedda Gabler (English text)
Hedda Gabler mainCharacter Hedda Gabler self-link
Claire Bloom notableWork Hedda Gabler
Eve Best notableWork Hedda Gabler
this entity surface form: Hedda Gabler (stage)
Hedda Gabler originalTitle Hedda Gabler self-link
Hedda Gabler partOf Hedda Gabler self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Henrik Ibsen's late plays