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After directing Tartuffe in Jan. 2004, he went on to what he describes as the “best show I’ve ever done”: Henrik Ibsen??s Hedda Gabler. He found, despite his love for the piece, that it was not entirely well-received. A review in The Crimson assailed the title actress, calling her “eminently unbelievable ... recklessly artificial and horribly overplanned.” The review sparked a controversy in the Harvard theater world, leading Ursula G. DeYoung ’04 to write a long letter to the editor...
It’s all overseen by director Michael M. Donahue ’05, who has done a noble job of justifying Ibsen??s occasionally infuriating text—a text which smugly chides us for thinking that it could end in joy. Donahue’s choices are original and appropriate, and he’s wrung fine work from the bulk of his cast and crew. I couldn’t say that Hedda Gabler’s a must-see during these final high-intensity weeks of class, but it?...
...Butley, the story of a jaded English professor. The play was directed by Martin and pronounced a success by the Globe even over the original 1971 production, which starred the legendary Alan Bates. Two years ago, Martin was so successful with the Huntington’s production of Ibsen??s Hedda Gabler that the show was taken to Broadway, where the same lead actress won a Tony. With Hedda Gabler, Martin managed to turn a familiar script into a more effective telling, not altering the essential strains of the classic story, but drawing them out in subtler, more...
...Butley, the story of a jaded English professor. The play was directed by Martin and pronounced a success by the Globe even over the original 1971 production, which starred the legendary Alan Bates. Two years ago, Martin was so successful with the Huntington’s production of Ibsen??s Hedda Gabler that the show was taken to Broadway, where the same lead actress won a Tony. With Hedda Gabler, Martin managed to turn a familiar script into a more effective telling, not altering the essential strains of the classic story, but drawing them out in subtler, more...