Word: ibsenism
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...MASTER BUILDER-Eva Le Gallienne and Ibsen in sound collaboration...
...help wondering how "Hedda Gabler" could ever be a popular vehicle. In the first place it is far too long for the stiff-backed seats of a theatre, taking over four hours in presentation. Moreover the incidents are thin and the action slight. Thirdly one feels continually that Ibsen is speaking from the stage and not from life, for his characters have a stilted unnatural manner of expressing themselves. In spite of this, there is something about the icily-cold. Hedda which holds one's fascinated attention to the end. She is the very spirit of jealousy. There is always...
...impossible to commend this presentation of "Hedda Gabler" as anything that will meet with much appreciation, but it is possible to commend the daring and skill of a stock company which will try Ibsen and get away passably with...
...talked first, outlined his plans for the coming season. His audience, used to the conservative policy of the Copley, was amazed to hear that Mr. Clive had made definite plans for organizing a New York company, and that this season his repertory company would put on plays by Ibsen and other playwrights whose works are little seen hereabouts...
...that Ibsen is gone. . .most conspicuous figure in the dramatic world."?Chicago Record-Herald...