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Before her time UM production of Henrik Ibsen classic 'Hedda Gabler' reintroduces the controversial lead role

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From: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
Date: 20071102
Author:OF THE NEWS STAFF; JUDY HARRISON

Hilda. Nora. Hedda.

The women that sprang from the head of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen have entranced, bewildered, confounded and angered scholars along with audiences for more than 100 years.

Ibsen, who was born in 1828 and died 78 years later, was a man far ahead of his times. He was a feminist and, as the 19th century crept toward the 20th, he created female characters unlike any others in what came to be called "modern drama."

Hilda, the young heroine of "The Master Builder," is a free spirit who rejects duty to pursue her own happiness. Nora, the main character in "A Doll House," ...

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