Hedda Gabler. Skuespil i Fire Akter by Ibsen, Henrik - 1890

Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1890. First edition. [iv], 236 pp. Text in Norwegian. 1 vols. 8vo. Original gray cloth, blocked in gilt, a.e.g. A fine copy. First edition. [iv], 236 pp. Text in Norwegian. 1 vols. 8vo. Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) grew up in miserable poverty in Norway. He managed to make a living as a free-lance journalist by the time he was in his mid-twenties, finally earning money for all his efforts. From there he went on to write for the theatre, and even managed a small theatre and became director of the National Theatre in Oslo, all the while writing his plays and poetry. Hedda Gabler is "possibly his most frequently performed play in the modern theatre . . . Ibsen's influence on the whole course of modern drama may be indicated by the inclusion of his plays in the repertoire of every avant-garde theatre of his day.". PMM 375