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Hedda Gabler rehearsal diaries

Directing Drama Performance skills Performing Arts

A womanleans her hands and forearms on a surface, on which lie pink and white roses that have been torn apart, and some broken glass. The woman looks straght to camera with no expression. She wears a thin strapped dress or camisole.

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Overview

National Theatre rehearsal diaries give an insight into the rehearsal room process. In this written resource, staff director Rachel Lincoln details how director Ivo Van Hove and the company worked together to bring Hedda Gabler to the stage.

Learning outcomes

This education resource will support students to understand the rehearsal room process.

For students studying the play for A Level Drama and Theatre, the resource also offers insights into contemporary theatre practice, interpretation, staging, context and character.

This resource can be used alongside the Hedda Gabler education resource.

Production information

Lyttelton Theatre, 2016.

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