Hedda Gabler
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Hedda Gabler is a play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The world premiere was staged on 31 January 1891 at the Residenztheater in Munich. Ibsen himself was in attendance, although he rem
Poster of Alla Nazimova as Hedda Gabler (Sigismund Ivanowski, 1907)
Title page of the author's 1890 manuscript of Hedda Gabler
Henrik Ibsen
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Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright. He is considered one of the world's pre-eminent writers of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama". He pioneered theatr
Hedda Gabler
…Hedda Gabler (Norwegian pronunciation: ) is a play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The world premiere was staged on 31 January 1891 at the Residenztheater in Munich. Ibsen himself was in attendance, although he remained back-stage…
Portrait by Eilif Peterssen, 1895
Skien in 1822
Ole Paus (1766–1855), Ibsen's step-grandfather; an ancestor of the singer
Rising, Norway, Knud Ibsen's childhood home. The farm was bought by his stepfather Ole Paus in 1799, on the same day he sold the Ibsen house in Løvestrædet, which he had inherited from his wife Johanne's first husband Henrich Ibsen. Rising was the home of Henrik Ibsen's grandparents during his childhood and, along with Venstøp, stands as one of the two most significant preserved landmarks of his childhood environment.