نمایشنامه‌ی هدا گابلر آخرین نمایشنامه‌ی ایبسن در سیر نمایشنامه‌های رئالیستی-ناتورالیستی‌شه و بعد از اون به نمایشنامه‌هایی مدرن‌تر و با به قول بهزاد قادری هنر ناب می‌رسه. که مشخصه‌ی ظاهری نمایشنامه‌های گروه اول حضور در یک خانه و یک صحنه‌ی مشترکه (که از تئاتر ایبسن و استریندبرگ وارد سینمای صامت آلمان و بعدها سینمای برگمان می‌شه و به کامرشپیل شهرت پیدا می‌کنه)... با اینکه تعاریف زیادی از نمایشنامه‌های متأخر ایبسن می‌شه اما من علاقه‌ی زیادی به آثار «هنر ناب» ایبسن ندارم... نمی‌دونم چرا... شاید به خاطر این که من ایبسن رو با خانه‌ی عروسک و اشباح شناختم و انتظار چنین نمایشنامه‌هایی ازش دارم... و یا شاید به خاطر اینکه به عنوان یه دانشجوی تئاتر از لحاظ فنی علاقه‌ای به تغییر صحنه در نمایش ندارم و یا خیلی علل دیگه! به هر حال پس از مدت‌ها یه کار رئالیستی-ناتورالیستی از ایبسن خوندم که سر شوقم آورد... و چقدر عجیب بود این شخصیت هدا گابلر!!! ( )

Hedda Gabler, daughter of an aristocratic General, has just returned from her honeymoon with George Tesman, an aspiring young academic, reliable but not brilliant, who has combined research with their honeymoon. The reappearance of Tesman’s academic rival, Eilert Lovborg, throws their lives into disarray.

An audio production of the classic play. Hedda returns from her honeymoon with her new husband, George, only to find that a former beau of Hedda's has regained a respected position in society and will be a challenge to George in advancing in his career in academia. I found this an interesting if challenging listen. Without actors' faces to read, it becomes a lot more difficult to discern Hedda's motivations throughout the play, how she truly feels about the flirtations she engages in, and how she feels about her final act in the play. Despite that, this is an excellent way to experience the play. ( )

I can see him. With vineleaves in his hair. Flushed and confident.

I have intended on reading Ibsen my entire adult life. Thinking that perhaps my number may be up, I finally ventured and am glad I did. This play was surprisingly modern and kinetic. Not sure why, but I expected something dour, suffering in the shadows. Violence through understatement. A Scandinavian skewering of morals.

Mismatched couples are such fun--from Middlemarch to The Honeymooners. I'd like to read responses to the character Hedda Gabler herself. There are multitudes in her pauses. This was the first play I read in 2016, surprising as I read 12 the year before. ( )

Why, oh why, do I get the impression that Ibsen didn't like his female protagonists very much?

Or, in other words, is there a specific reason that both Nora (from A Doll's House) and Hedda are written as two rather silly women, both incapable of a rational thought?

Surely, exploring the theme of individuals trapped in situation which they want to escape from has more to offer than half-baked schemes, lies, deception, and artistic illusions?

Ugh... ( )