Old Vic; Almeida; Hampstead, LondonHedda Gabler ends with a famous bang behind closed doors. Wouldn't it, a friend once suggested, be ripping if those doors opened on a Hedda who had put an end to frustration not with a bullet but by popping open a bottle of champagne?He had a point. The terrible is twinned with the ridiculous in Ibsen, as Anna Mackmin's exciting production proves. Alighting on the hysteria…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM on September 15, 2012