Hedda Gabler is often cited as one of the greatest female dramatic roles in theatre.
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At the start, you almost believe her Hedda might just be a high-maintenance brat.
Sheridan Smith will play Hedda at the Old Vic in September in an adaptation by Brian Friel.
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Her Hedda has a doll-like beauty and a smile that she turns on and off like a switch.
Hedda Schachter (ne Kleinfeld) and her husband, Jacob, started selling wedding gowns some 30 years ago, until their 1992 retirement.
Another of Ibsen's protagonists - Hedda Gabler - is often cited as one of the greatest female dramatic roles in theatre.
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Don Carlos, Hedda Gabler and Mary Stuart have six nominations each.
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While the Olivier award-winning actress begins her preparations, a new version of Hedda Gabler opened in Northampton this week, with Emma Hamilton in the title role.
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And how dowdy does Hedda's needy maiden aunt (Julie Hamilton) really have to look in order to make sure you empathise with the unhappy bride's marital prison?
More recently it has held seasons for the Almeida Theatre, the Peter Hall Company and put on award-winning productions of Ibsen plays The Dolls House and Hedda Gabler.
The most hotly contested category at the 2013 awards was for best actress in a play, where just 0.9% of the public vote separated winner Sheridan Smith (Hedda Gabler) from runner-up Billie Piper (The Effect).
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Their fellow nominees are Helen McCrory, from the Wyndham's Theatre production of As You Like It, Clare Higgins for Death of a Salesman at the Lyric, and Eve Best for Hedda Gabler at the Almeida and Duke of York's theatres.
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After a brief intermission, Mr. Cale and the ensemble performed a variety of other songs from his career, including a reading of "Hedda Gabler" that featured dazzling work by Mr. Boyer and fascinating interplay between the orchestra and Mr. Maramba.
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