SCRUTINY | Stratford’s Hedda Gabler Is A Passionless Disappointment
By Paula Citron on July 15, 2024
The Stratford Festival production of Ibsen’s 1891 masterpiece, Hedda Gabler, is, in a word, a disappointment.
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By Paula Citron on July 15, 2024
The Stratford Festival production of Ibsen’s 1891 masterpiece, Hedda Gabler, is, in a word, a disappointment.
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