{"product_id":"hedda-gabler","title":"Hedda Gabler","description":"\u003cp\u003eToo frightened of scandal to become involved with a brilliant writer, Hedda Gabler opts instead for a conventional but loveless marriage. But, when her first love returns with a masterpiece that might threaten her husband's career, Hedda decides to take drastic and fatal action. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUniversally condemned in 1890 when it was written, \u003ci\u003eHedda Gabler\u003c\/i\u003e has subsequently become one of Ibsen's most performed and studied plays. Blending comedy and tragedy, Ibsen probes the thwarted aspirations and hidden anxieties of his characters against a backdrop of contemporary social Habits and hypocrisies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Methuen Drama Student Edition is published with Michael Meyer's classic translation, and with commentary and notes by Dr. Sophie Duncan. These offer a contemporary lens on the play's gender politics, and consider some key twentieth and twenty-first century productions of \u003ci\u003eHedda Gabler\u003c\/i\u003e, which include actresses like Maggie Smith, Harriet Walker, and Ruth Wilson taking on the iconic titular role.","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47947826430141,"sku":"BS-TC0-110069","price":17.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781350110069-HD.jpg?v=1785942603","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/hedda-gabler","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}