Hedda Gabler

Mass media adaptations

The play has been adapted for the screen several times, from the silent film era onwards, in several languages.[32] The BBC screened a television production of the play in 1962, with Ingrid Bergman, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, and Trevor Howard, while the Corporation's Play of the Month in 1972 featured Janet Suzman and Ian McKellen in the two main leads. A version shown on Britain's commercial ITV network in 1980 featured Diana Rigg in the title role. Glenda Jackson was nominated for an Academy Award as leading actress for her role in the British film adaptation Hedda (1975) directed by Trevor Nunn. A version was produced for Australian television in 1961.[33]

An eponymous American film version released in 2004 relocated the story to a community of young academics in Washington state.

An adaptation (by Brian Friel) of the 2012 Old Vic production was the first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Radio 4 on 9 March 2013.

In 2014, Matthew John[34] also adapted Hedda Gabler starring Rita Ramnani, David R. Butler, and Samantha E. Hunt.

German director Andreas Kleinert adapted the story to early 21st century Germany in his 2016 film Hedda, starring Susanne Wolff and Godehard Giese.

An American film adaptation is currently in production with Nia DaCosta set to direct.[35] [36]


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