How Ruth Wilson discovered the heart of Hedda Gabler
As they prepare to stage Hedda Gabler at the National Theatre, Ruth Wilson and director Ivo van Hove discuss a character who is at once tragic heroine and conniving monsterIn the summer of 1889, the playwright Henrik Ibsen went to Gossensass in the South Tyrol for the fifth time. He was at the height of his fame, and his holidays in the little town had provoked a boom in its tourist trade. In recognition of this, a s…