Hedda review - Ibsen meets Downton Abbey in Nia DaCosta’s exotic rendering of classic play

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Hedda Review - Ibsen Meets Downton Abbey In Nia Dacosta’s Exotic Rendering Of Classic Play

By The Guardian

Nia DaCosta, known for her satirical horror Candyman from 2021, has now created an exotic melodrama; it is ridiculous, intense, despairingly sexual, inspired by Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler and Chekhov’s dictum about the gun produced in act one. It’s a fever ...Read more