Hedda Gabler; King Lear; The Judas Kiss " review by Susannah Clapp

Old Vic; Almeida; Hampstead, LondonHedda Gabler ends with a famous bang behind closed doors. Wouldn't it, a friend once suggested, be ripping if those doors opened on a Hedda who had put an end to frustration not with a bullet but by popping open a bottle of champagne?He had a point. The terrible is twinned with the ridiculous in Ibsen, as Anna Mackmin's exciting production proves. Alighting on the hysteria…

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