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...long been a waif-eyed, bassoon-voiced, ironhearted daredevil named Juliet Stevenson. U.S. audiences are apt to know her only from the cult film Truly, Madly, Deeply. But on the boards in London, her range is astonishing, from the hoydenish Rosalind in As You Like It to the nihilistic Hedda Gabler, from the sexually awakening adolescent of Troilus and Cressida to the avenging victim of Death and the Maiden. She approximates the emotional clarity of Vanessa Redgrave, the assertive power of Judi Dench and the braying, spiteful fun of Maggie Smith -- and adds an androgynous beauty suited equally to Shakespeare...
...HEDDA GABLER, A FIERCELY INDEPENdent woman trapped in bourgeois-marriage hell, keeps a set of pistols around the house, and it's only a matter of time before one goes off. The tragedy may be inevitable, but a new MASTERPIECE THEATRE production of Ibsen's classic play (PBS, March 28) is possibly the first to make it seem like a blessed relief. Fiona Shaw's self-absorbed, unsympathetic portrayal makes Hedda ditso from the start: darting, distracted gestures, nervous facial tics and a voice that drops to an inaudible whisper about every third line. Stephen Rea (The Crying Game...
...like your drama in the flesh, check out the Loeb Drama Center on Brattle Street, home to the American Repertory Theatre. The renowned troop will perform Ibsen's downer "Hedda Gabler" and George Bernard Shaw's farce "Misalliance" this summer...
Musical by a Broadway kinda guy who wrote an operatic show that'd please everyone from Hedda Gabler to Hedda Hoppra...
PRESS: Hold on to your hat, Hedda -- gossip is back and bigger than ever...