Show BOOK BOO beauty finds rest in death after Crisis 9 by ELIZABETH C JAMES HE role of hedda gabler from THE henrik book by the same name is the glittering star at which many artists of the theater aim their talents the tragic play unfolds the nemesis of a cultured group the scene is laid in christiana in the villa of dr george he has just returned from a six months wedding tour of the continent As the play opens his lovely old aunt is there to welcome him and to see that everything ery thing is comfortable for his wife all the city has talked of his marriage to the beauty the famous hedda gabler with an air hedda hedd a enters the stage and meets the aunt she takes no notice of the attentions shown elizabeth her or the arrangements made tor for her james happiness looking around wearily she picks up the new special occasion hat of the auni aunt and remarks that she must speak to the maid about being careless with her things the aunt goes away hurt hedda confirms what her husband has suspected that she is utterly bored losbergs Lov bergs story A friend mrs Elv sted is announced noun ced with aaita agitation tion she relates the story of the famous eilert lovberg once a friend of dr and a genius lately dragged back from the brink of destruction he has returned to old friends in the city and mrs fears it may mean old habits she pleads with dr to help him judge brack attorney of her husband calls on hedda their conversation takes a personal turn and the judge states that he does not see why hedda married george she admits that she does not love him h lm and did not marry him for love but from weariness with life the judge states that he has made up his mind to have her himself then lovberg comes alone with her he takes feddas hands in his and murmurs repeatedly hedda gabler he muses on wondering if she ever loved him really she tries to stop his passionate talk for her husband is in the next room off to the party the gentlemen of the story plan to attend a dinner at the home of judge brack lovberg fears to test his self control on a party so he decides to stay with the ladies mrs is relieved A sadistic expression comes to hedda and she goads him until lovberg says that he will go to the tha party he takes his manuscript with him to read to dr dawn finds hedda and mrs elv sted still waiting for the men to return about seven dr appears and he talks of lov bergs book as being the work of genius he tells of losbergs Lov bergs drunkenness at the party and of how he lost his manuscript had found the script which ch he hands to hedda she puts it in her desk later in the day lovberg lo 10 aberg comes to see her and tells her that he has lost his book he mentions mrs aid and speaks of his book as a picture of her pure white soul hedda listens and does not tell him that she now has his bis work he calls himself a failure feeling her power over him she hands him a pistol and suggests that he die beautifully he leaves his words rankle in her mind the other woman has the real power over him not she the judge calls with news of lov bergs death by his own hands hedda shows no reaction after the tl first grief dr and ra 1 I swear that they wilex 1 his notes together and makers makena book again they work for hours in concentrated fervor finally dr says we can work faster in my office until we finish this we will work there every evening alone with hedda judge brack tells her that he knows more about the death of lovberg than he has told he tells her of the lost manuscript of the gun and of her relationship tion ship with lovberg going to her piano hedda begins to play with one hand she reaches into her desk and picks up her pistol A single shot is fired and hedda slips to the floor bell syndicate service |