Hedda Gabler finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt—pulling her and everyone around her into a spiral of manipulation, passion, and betrayal.
Acting
Thompson's volcanic restraint, Hoss's ice-cold menace.
Direction
DaCosta weaponizes candlelight and corsetry.
Production
A drawing room that feels like a pressure cooker.
Director
Nia DaCosta
Tessa Thompson
Hedda Gabler
Nina Hoss
Eileen Lovborg
Imogen Poots
Thea Clifton
Nicholas Pinnock
Judge Roland Brack
Tom Bateman
George Tesman
Finbar Lynch
Professor Greenwood
Mirren Mack
Tabitha Greenwood
Jamael Westman
David
Saffron Hocking
Jane Ji
Kathryn Hunter
Bertie
Sam Hoare
Detective Logan
Stacey Gough
Detective Smith
Mark Oosterveen
Professor Dunbar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
DaCosta casts Thompson—a Black woman—as the ultimate symbol of white 19th-century privilege, forcing the audience to confront whose stories we center in period pieces.
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