In 1890, Henrik Ibsen scandalized the theater public and the establishment in general by creating another female character who deviates from established social norms. Hedda Galb, as one of the most famous (anti)heroines in dramatic literature, plays a significant role in raising awareness of women's issues. Ibsen creates a female character who has to live and serve the conventions of a patriarchal society.
Her struggle for autonomy and pursuit of perfection, as well as her ambition to possess "masculine power" to be able to influence both her own and others' destinies, results in the murder of perfection itself. Her act leaves a mark that symbolizes the struggle for gender rights and equality.
The dramatic text "Hedda Gabler" has, over the years, been interpreted and read differently by directors, dramaturgically adapted, structurally modified, used as a motif by authors who are fans of his work. The dramatic material opens up opportunities to intervene within it in accordance with contemporary theatrical concepts, readings, interpretations conditioned by the social changes that are inevitably occurring. Today, when mental health, the identity crisis and moral and ethical norms are in the focus of interest, the drama and Hedda Gabler as an (anti)heroine become additionally relevant and reflect the problematic conditions in contemporary society.
Adaptation: Viktorija Rangelova – Petrovska and Vasil Hristov
English 
Macedonian 