by Henrik Ibsen
Από τα πιο δυνατά έργα που έχουν γραφτεί· πραγματεύεται τη δύναμη, τον έλεγχο και την επιρροή που επιθυμεί και που, κατ' επέκταση, ασκεί ο κάθε άνθρωπος στον άλλο, ενώ παράλληλα διερευνάται το αίσθημα και η σημασία της ελευθερίας, της υποταγής και της ανθρώπινης μείωσης.
Wow. And I still don't know WHAT that ending was.
Hedda Gabler, through the events of the play, is an exploration of the mental state of its title protagonist, a disillusioned 29 year-old woman who has decided to marry a boring academic she has no love for, Dr. Tesman. The daughter of a powerful general, she is cruel, demanding, and deeply unsatis...
bookshelves: re-visit-2013, re-read, radio-4, paper-read, norway, play-dramatisation, published-1890, spring-2013, books-about-books-and-book-shops, lifestyles-deathstyles, fradio, suicide Read from January 01, 2000 to March 10, 2013 (Both of these photos are mine)revisit March 2013 via R4: Satu...
revisit March 2013 via R4: Saturday DramaIbsen's classic drama of passion and desperation. Starring Sheridan Smith.BBC Blurbs: Ibsen's classic drama of passion and desperation. Directed by Psyche Stott from the Old Vic production, starring Sheridan Smith and Adrian Scarborough.Brian Friel's version ...
My English professor told me today that to appreciate magnificent writing, one needs to read Ibsen. So I'm hoping to get to this or [b:A Doll's House|37793|A Doll's House|Henrik Ibsen|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1168980129s/37793.jpg|10535173] soon.
Most dreams in fiction are just hokey, clumsily handled devices to prop up the plot, things no one could mistake for real dreams. The Empty City, on the other hand, reads like a dream. An intense, literary dream that you just can't shake, where faintly remembered images subtly haunt your waking real...
Dark is probably not the adjective to describe it. I've seen it mentioned in one of the descriptions. Nor is Hedda evil. But the drama definitely holds a certain coldness to it (the same coldness one meets in Bergman's films, I'm tempted to say) and I cannot admit I understand Hedda entirely; she s...
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