Nia DaCosta's Recipe for 'Hedda': Mix Ibsen With Race, Sexuality and a Big Party

Nia DaCosta's Recipe for 'Hedda': Mix Ibsen With Race, Sexuality and a Big Party

Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler”dates back to 1891, but writer-director Nia DaCosta (“Little Woods,” “Candyman,” “The Marvels”) pulls it out of 19th-century Norway and drops it into mid-20th-century England. She also changes the gender of a crucial character and sets most of the play’s action in a grand mansion during a night of bacchanalia and treachery. What remains timeless is Ibsen’s world of vicious power struggles between characters (particul…

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‘Hedda’ costars Tessa Thompson and Nina Hoss on the ‘gift’ of playing opposite each other

The stars of Nia DeCosta's film open up about the risks of reinventing Ibsen's classic play and how they supported each other during filming.