Wednesday & Thursday £8.00, concessions £7.00
Friday £9.00 (no concessions)
Saturday £9.00 (no concessions) to include after-show refreshments
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Hedda, a young middle-class woman has recently married a scholar, George Tesman. Both have lost their parents. General Gabler has died, his wife before him. George has been looked after by two aunts, one of whom, Aunt Julia, has a significant role to play in the drama. Her female servant, Bertha, has been given over to the new household. George has recently gained an academic doctorate and so hopes for promotion at the University. Unfortunately his studies have led to a neglect of his bride, even on their extended honeymoon from which they have just returned.
Two characters enter the action: one is an old lover of Hedda – Eilert. The other is a young woman who went to the same school as Hedda, Mrs Thea Elvsted. Mrs Elvsted (who in the past had a brief love affair with George) has scandalously run away from her husband and has been devoted to helping Eilert finish his impressive book on civilization. Both she and Hedda are dazzled by the Romantic hero they take Eilert to be. But Eilert is too fond of drink and loose women, the complete opposite of George, for his own good. In the background is Judge Brack who is a bachelor, an older man, a friend of the family, who has his own ambiguous designs on Hedda. In addition to all this, Eilert and George are after the same job at the University. So you can see there’s lots of scope here for emotional conflict, to put it mildly! How does it all unravel? Well, George ends up with Thea, in a manner of speaking. The others are less fortunate.
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