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Hedda Gabler

A general's daughter who married a scholar she doesn't love, and now paces her handsome drawing room looking for something worth doing.

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Also known as Hedda, Mrs. Hedda, Hedda Tesman, Hedda Gabler, Hedda Rising, Hedda Gazing, Hedda Laughing, Hedda Stupid, Mrs. В Hedda

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Hedda Tesman has returned from a six-month wedding tour to a house she never wanted, and she tells Judge Brack she has been mortally bored — dancing herself tired, she says, before accepting George. She keeps her…

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Character Web

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JBJudge BrackGTGeorge TesmanELEjlert LövborgJTJuliana TesmanTEThea ElvstedHGHedda Gabler

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  • Servants & Marginalized Women

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