Hedda
Author(s):
Tanika Gupta, inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler
Company:
Orange Tree Theatre
It was our love of India which drew us closer together. And of course, films...
London, 1948. The war is over, India is newly independent, and Hedda Gabler has retired: early, elegantly, and with secrets. Once a Hollywood star, now the wife of rising British film director George Tesman, Hedda lives in Chelsea, hiding behind drawn curtains. But the past is beginning to stir.
Her husband is asking questions. An old colleague has written a screenplay that cuts too close to the truth. And there’s a powerful producer in town: and he never takes no for an answer.
Inspired by the story of Anglo-Indian screen legend Merle Oberon, Hedda is a new version of Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama about blackmail, secrecy and power.