BBC Play of the Month Hedda Gabler (Season 8, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Drama

BBC Play of the Month

Hedda Gabler (Season 8, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Drama

Hedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman. Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg, turns up on the scene with tragic results.

Director

Waris Hussein

Writers

Henrik Ibsen (play) | Michael Meyer (translation)

Producer

Cedric Messina

Production Designer

Natasha Kroll

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 20, 1972

Release date

Oct 20, 1972 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

3 wins & 14 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
7 cast members

Name	Known for
Janet Suzman Hedda Gabler Hedda Gabler See fewer	Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Ian McKellen George Tesman George Tesman See fewer	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Tom Bell Eilert Lovborg Eilert Lovborg See fewer	The L-Shaped Room (1962)
Jane Asher Thea Elvsted Thea Elvsted See fewer	Death at a Funeral (2007)
Brendan Barry Judge Brack Judge Brack See fewer	Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic (1978)
Dorothy Reynolds Aunt Juliana Aunt Juliana See fewer	Hereward the Wake (1965)
Rachel Thomas Berthe Berthe See fewer	The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (1965)