(1)Letters 214, 216, 217, 219.

(2)In the Ibsen volume of _Die Literatur_ (Berlin).

(3)Dr. Julius Elias (_Neue deutsche Rundschau_, December 1906, p. 1462)
makes the curious assertion that the character of Thea Elvsted was
in part borrowed from this "Gossensasser Hildetypus." It is hard to
see how even Gibes' ingenuity could distil from the same flower two
such different essences as Thea and Hilda.

(4)See article by Herman Bang in _Neue deutsche Rundschau_, December
1906, p. 1495.

(5)Dr. Brahm (_Neue deutsche Rundschau_, December 1906, P. 1422) says
that after the first performance of _Hedda Gabler_ in Berlin Ibsen
confided to him that the character had been suggested by a German
lady whom he met in Munich, and who did not shoot, but poisoned
herself. Nothing more seems to be known of this lady. See, too,
an article by Julius Elias in the same magazine, p. 1460.


HEDDA GABLER.

PLAY IN FOUR ACTS.



CHARACTERS.