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Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler( )
Author: Ibsen, Henrik
Translator: Meyer, Michael
ISBN:978-0-413-32670-6
Publication Date:Aug 2006
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:Methuen Drama
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $23.95
Book Description:

The play was intended as a tragedy on the purposeless of life imposed on the women of his time, both by their upbringing and by the social conventions which limited their activities. When it was first produced it met with misunderstanding and abuse. It has nevertheless become one of the most popular of Ibsen's plays.

Book Details
Pages:128
Detailed Subjects: Drama / European / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.7 x 20.32 x 0.686 cm
Book Weight:0.132 Kilograms
Author Biography
Ibsen, Henrik (Author)
Henrik Ibsen, poet and playwright was born in Skein, Norway, in 1828. His creative work spanned 50 years, from 1849-1899, and included 25 plays and numerous poems. During his middle, romantic period (1840-1875), Ibsen wrote two important dramatic poems, Brand and Peer Gynt, while the period from 1875-1899 saw the creation of 11 realistic plays with contemporary settings, the most famous of which are A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, and The Wild Duck.

Henrik Ibsen died in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway in 1906.

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