Lee Young-ae's play Hedda Gabler took off the veil..Let's reveal the passionate reading scene for the first time

Mar 13, 2025

Lee Young-ae's play Hedda Gabler took off the veil..Let's reveal the passionate reading scene for the first time
Actor Lee Young-ae participated in the first reading of the recent play 'Hedda Gabler". Photo =LG Art Center



Actor Lee Young-ae finally appeared.

The first reading scene of the play 'Heda Gabler', in which Lee Young-ae plays the title role of Heda Gabler, was unveiled.

'Heda Gabler' is a work that is drawing attention as a return to the play after 32 years of actor Lee Young-ae, who has shown irreplaceable presence through various characters such as 'Daejanggeum', 'Kind Geumja-si', and 'Spring Day Goes'.




Actor Lee Young-ae, actors such as Kim Jung-ho, Ji Hyun-joon, Lee Seung-ju, Baek Ji-won, Lee Jung-mi, and Jo Ji-jin, director of LG Art Center Lee Hyun-jung, director Jeon In-cheol, stage designer Park Sang-bong, sound designer Kaip, and costume designer Kim Hwan, and honorary professor Kim Mi-hye of Hanyang University, who translated the entire playbook of playwright Henrik Johan Ibsen into Korean and received the Norwegian Royal Medal of Merit, were present as advisors.

Lee Young-ae's play Hedda Gabler took off the veil..Let's reveal the passionate reading scene for the first time
Actor Lee Young-ae attended the first reading of the recent play 'Hedda Gabler". Photo =LG Art Center
Lee Hyun-jung, director of LG Art Center, said, "We presented this work to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of LG Art Center. I thought the best way to celebrate the 25th anniversary with the audience is to show and communicate with LG Art Center's future direction."," he said, explaining the reason for the production of the work.

Lee Young-ae, who starred in the drama, said at her first reading, "Hedda Gabler" seems to be a piece that approaches like fate. I thought a lot about it because it was my first theater stage in 32 years, but I thought that it should not be now"I've done a lot of good works such as dramas and movies, but I've always been thirsty as an actor, but now that I'm in my 50s, I think the character who can express various emotions as an actress is 'heda'. I'm afraid, but I just think I should work hard," he said, expressing his ambition to participate in the work.




In this work, Lee Young-ae, who plays the main character Hedda, will express a character who is elegant on the outside but has hidden anxiety, desire, and destructive nature inside in strong and three-dimensional ways.

Lee Young-ae's play Hedda Gabler took off the veil..Let's reveal the passionate reading scene for the first time
Actor Baek Ji-won, who plays Hedda Friend Thea, attended the first reading of the recently held play 'Hedda Gabler'. Photo =LG Art Center
Lee Young-ae's play Hedda Gabler took off the veil..Let's reveal the passionate reading scene for the first time
Hedda's husband, actor Kim Jung-ho, who plays Tesman, participated in the first reading of the recent play 'Hedda Gabler'. Photo =LG Art Center
Lee Young-ae's play Hedda Gabler took off the veil..Let's reveal the passionate reading scene for the first time
Lee Seung-joo, an actor who plays Hedda's old lover Loebborg, attended the first reading of the recently held play 'Hedda Gabler'. Photo =LG Art Center
Lee Young-ae's play Hedda Gabler took off the veil..Let's reveal the passionate reading scene for the first time
Actor Lee Jung-mi, who plays her husband's aunt, participated in the first reading of the recent play 'Hedda Gabler'. Photo =LG Art Center
Lee Young-ae's play Hedda Gabler took off the veil..Let's reveal the passionate reading scene for the first time
Actor Jo Eo-jin, who plays Bert, Hedda's maid, attended the first reading of the recent play 'Hedda Gabler. Photo =LG Art Center
Lee Young-ae's play Hedda Gabler took off the veil..Let's reveal the passionate reading scene for the first time
Actor Ji Hyun-jun, who plays Judge Brack, participated in the first reading of the recently held play 'Hedda Gabler'. Photo =LG Art Center
In addition to Lee Young-ae, 「Hedda Gabler」 is joined by actors who have shown outstanding acting skills through various stages. Kim Jung-ho as Heda's husband, Tessman, who has no interest in academic achievement, Ji Hyun-joon as a judge who constantly puts psychological pressure on Heda in close proximity, Lee Seung-joo as Heda's former lover Loebborg, Baek Ji-won as Heda's jealous friend Tessman, and Jo Eo-jin as Heda's maid Bert will perform perfect breathing.

Ibsen's original 'heda Gabler' is a work dealing with the psychology of a woman who yearns for freedom amid social constraints and oppression. Due to the complex psychology and unpredictable development of humans, various interpretations and debates have been brought about on many stages around the world. In particular, this work will be more sympathetic to contemporary audiences by using the adaptation of Richard Year, who won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival with a modern adaptation of 'Heda Gabler'.




Lee Young-ae's play Hedda Gabler took off the veil..Let's reveal the passionate reading scene for the first time
Director Jeon In-cheol is watching the actors' reading at the first reading site of the recent play 'heda Gabler'. Photo =LG Art Center
Lee Young-ae's play Hedda Gabler took off the veil..Let's reveal the passionate reading scene for the first time
Director Jeon In-cheol said, "'Hedda Gabler' was written in 1890, but the more I read it, the more modern it is to work on the stage of the LG Art Center, where I have had great theatrical experiences through numerous masterpieces. It is a work that reveals the anxiety and desire of modern people so well that we will try to make a work so that contemporary audiences in 2025 can fully sympathize with it."

Director Jeon In-cheol, who is the main character of the 54th Dong-A Theater Awards and is called the "Master of Fine Text Analysis", will capture our complex psychology and anxiety living in modern society in Hedda's multi-layered inner world and sharply portray repeated conflicts in the social structure through the characters around him.

Meanwhile, 'Heda Gabler' will be performed at LG Art Center Seoul and LG SIGNATURE Hall from May 7 to June 8.



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