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Reviews of Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler was published by Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag (F. Hegel & Søn) in Copenhagen and Christiania on 16 December 1890. The world premiere took place on 31 January 1891 at Königliches Residenz-Theater in Munich.

Reviews of the first edition of Hedda Gabler
 

Anonymous reviewer in Dagbladet in Christiania, 17 December 1890.

Bredo Morgenstierne in Aftenposten in Christiania, 20 and 21 December 1890.

Alfred Sinding-Larsen in Morgenbladet in Christiania, 21 December 1890.

Gunnar Heiberg in Verdens Gang in Christiania, 23 December 1890.

Bolette C. Pavels Larsen in Bergens Tidende, 27 December 1890.

Niels Møller in Illustreret Tidende in Copenhagen, 28 December 1890.

Carl David af Wirsén in Vårt Land in Stockholm, 29 December 1890.

Edmund Gosse in The Fortnightly Review in London/New York, 1 January – 1 June 1891.

The signature «V. A.» in Fædrelandet in Copenhagen, 23 January 1891.

Gerhard Gran in Samtiden in Christiania 1891.

Georg Göthe in Nordisk Tidskrift för Vetenskap, Konst och Industri, Ny Följd in Stockholm 1891.

Henrik Jæger in Dagbladet in Christiania, 4, 6 and 7 February 1891.

Otto Brahm in Freie Bühne für modernes Leben in Berlin, 24 December 1890.

 

Reviews of the world premiere of Hedda Gabler

Residenztheater's staging in Munich (premiere on 31 January 1891)

Wolfgang Brachvogel in Freie Bühne für modernes Leben, on 1 February 1891.

Anonymous reviewer in Vossische Zeitung in Berlin, 1 and 2 February 1891.

 

Reviews of other stagings of Hedda Gabler

The staging at Svenska Teatern in Helsinki (premiere on 6 February 1891)

The signature «Arv. af S.» in Nya Pressen in Helsinki, 7 February 1891.

The signature «A. B.» in Hufvudstadsbladet in Helsinki, 7 February 1891.

Rafaël Hertzberg in Finsk tidskrift för vitterhet, vetenskap, konst och politik in Helsingfors in 1891.

Johan August Runström in Ny Illustrerad Tidning in Stockholm, 14 March 1891.

 

The staging at Det Kongelige Teater in Copenhagen (premiere on 25 February 1891)

Anonymous reviewer in Morgenbladet in Copenhagen, 26 February 1891.

Anonymous reviewer in Politiken,  26 February 1891.

Johan Knudsen in the newspaper København,  26 February 1891.

 

The staging at Christiania Theater in Christiania (premiere on 26 February 1891)

Henrik Jæger in Dagbladet, 27 February 1891.

Tharald Blanc in Aftenposten in Christiania, 27 February 1891.

Anonymous reviewer in Aftenposten in Christiania, 28 February 1891.

Anonymous reviewer in Bergensposten, 3 March 1891.

 

The staging at Vaudeville Theatre in London (premiere on 20 April 1891)

Anonymous reviewer in The Times in London, 21 April 1891.

Anonymous reviewer in Pall Mall Gazette in London, 21 April 1891.

Clement Scott in The Illustrated London News, 25 April 1891.

 

The staging at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen (premiere on 25 June 1891)

Anonymous reviewer in Bergens Tidende, 26 June 1891.

The signature «lb» in Bergens Aftenblad and Bergens Adressecontoirs Efterretninger, on 26 June 1891.

Anonymous reviewer in Bergensposten, on 26 June 1891.

 

The staging at Théâtre Vaudeville in Paris (premiere on 17 December 1891)

Anonymous reviewer in Aftenposten, 21 December 1891.

 

The staging at Carl-Schultze-Theater in Hamburg (premiere on 11 April 1898)

Philipp Berges in Hamburger Fremden-Blatt, 13 April 1898.

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