
Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen
"Oh. I just stand here and shoot into the blue."
Hedda Gabler dreams a life that is great, wild and beautiful -- a life in which she pulls the strings. She’d once thought it a shrewd move to marry Jörgen Tesman, an ambitious scientist. However she now realizes that with him, she’s looking at a life of cautious deliberation and boredom. Tesman hopes he’ll be offered a professorship, which would guarantee them a good income. But then his old acquaintance Ejlert Lövborg comes to town. He has long been Tesman’s rival when it comes to women and work. Lövborg, a man with a spark of genius, has finally overcome his addictions and written a book that people will soon be talking about. Tesman sees his hopes fading – and Hedda realises that the calculations she has based her life on just don’t add up. Determined not to waste any more of her energy, she makes a decision with deadly consequences.
Henrik Ibsen addresses issues central to a bourgeois society: the relationship between financial security and freedom; the hope of improving one’s status and the fear of its loss, as well as the desire to lead a normal life without having to conform.
Hedda Gabler dreams a life that is great, wild and beautiful -- a life in which she pulls the strings. She’d once thought it a shrewd move to marry Jörgen Tesman, an ambitious scientist. However she now realizes that with him, she’s looking at a life of cautious deliberation and boredom. Tesman hopes he’ll be offered a professorship, which would guarantee them a good income. But then his old acquaintance Ejlert Lövborg comes to town. He has long been Tesman’s rival when it comes to women and work. Lövborg, a man with a spark of genius, has finally overcome his addictions and written a book that people will soon be talking about. Tesman sees his hopes fading – and Hedda realises that the calculations she has based her life on just don’t add up. Determined not to waste any more of her energy, she makes a decision with deadly consequences.
Henrik Ibsen addresses issues central to a bourgeois society: the relationship between financial security and freedom; the hope of improving one’s status and the fear of its loss, as well as the desire to lead a normal life without having to conform.
Director Stefan Pucher
Set Barbara Ehnes
Costumes Annabelle Witt
Music Christopher Uhe
Video Meika Dresenkamp
Dramaturgy Claus Caesar
Premiere May 15, 2013
A Co-Produktion with Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen
A Co-Produktion with Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen
Felix GoeserGeorge Tesman

Nina HossHedda Gabler, George's wife

Margit BendokatJuliana Tesman, George's aunt

Anita VulesicaThea Elvsted

Bernd MossJudge Brack

Alexander KhuonEilert Lövborg

Naemi SimonBertha
George Tesman
Hedda Gabler, George's wife
Juliana Tesman, George's aunt
Thea Elvsted
Judge Brack
Eilert Lövborg
Bertha