Through plays that are still staged and studied globally, Ibsen reshaped drama into a powerful art form Marking 120 years since his passing, BBC Four and iPlayer are celebrating Henrik Ibsen, widely ...

Marking 120 years since his passing, BBC Four and iPlayer are celebrating Henrik Ibsen, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in modern drama and the second-most produced and adapted ...

M.K. Raina's adaptation of Ibsen's classic 'Ghosts,' titled 'Pret,' recently graced the theatre scene in Delhi. This profound play dares audiences to confront the ghosts of their own pasts Pret, ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting awards season’s buzziest scripts continues with Hedda, writer-director Nia DaCosta‘s ambitious adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s famed play Hedda Gabler — ...

Amid all the Scrooges and Santas and Nutcrackers this month, a somber, stark, depressing and though-provoking production of Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” feels like a breath of fresh air. This lavish, ...

In Nia DaCosta's elegant adaptation of Hedda Gabler, titled Hedda, Nina Hoss is introduced with a quiet confidence that gradually draws the viewer in. Her arrival isn't loud or dramatic, but its ...

“I am just a woman,” cries Eileen Lovborg (Nina Hoss) in Nia DaCosta’s bold adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 play, “Hedda Gabler.” While the film follows the same dark storyline as Ibsen’s original, ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: If you’re in the mood for gay chaos this weekend—it is Halloween, after all—go ahead and stream Hedda on Amazon Prime Video, a new Amazon original period drama starring ...

Filmmaker Nia DaCosta doesn't want to be limited by genre. Her movie credits include an indie film (Little Woods), a horror blockbuster (Candyman) and a foray into the superhero universe (The Marvels) ...

In Nia DaCosta’s elegantly searing drama “Hedda,” Tessa Thompson makes a classic role entirely her own. As in Henrik Ibsen’s play “Hedda Gabler,” this Hedda is an unhappy, complicated woman who has ...

Hedda Gabler — you remember her, right? Daughter of a famous general? Recently married to a promising academic yet already a frustrated wife, prone to boredom and depression? Likes destroying lives ...

One of the theater’s more prominent sociopaths gets a makeover in “Hedda,” director Nia DaCosta’s reimagining of “Hedda Gabler,” with an approach that opens up the play—and an interpretive can of ...