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Hedda Gabler - education resource

Directing Drama Performance skills Performing Arts
A production photo of 'Hedda Gabler' from 2016 featuring actor Lizzy Watts in a white slip dress against a saturated gold background

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Overview

A series of practical and written exercises designed to help students gain a greater understanding of Ivo van Hove’s production of Hedda Gabler.

Learning outcomes

This education resource, written by an experienced drama teacher, will support students studying the play for A Level Drama and Theatre, offering insights into contemporary theatre practice, interpretation, staging, context and character.

This resource can be used alongside the Hedda Gabler rehearsal diaries.

Production information

UK tour, 2017.

Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen; in a new version by Patrick Marber; directed by Ivo van Hove; set and lighting design by Jan Versweyveld; costume design by An D’Huys; sound design by Tom Gibbons.

The full production is available to stream on the National Theatre Collection

Suitability

Suitable for age 14+/KS4+

Content warning

Reference to suicide

Keywords

Ivo van Hove, Henrik Ibsen, Patrick Marber, A Level Drama and Theatre, AQA, Eduquas, Pearson Edexcel

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