A teaching folder created specifically for the new Edexcel 2016 specification.

It covers topics such as: discussing this play in terms of the realist and naturalist movements, approaching the play's symbolic meanings within stage design, how to approach Ibsen's foil characters, how the characters are victims of their context and how this would affect directorial and performance ideas, alternative views of characters such as George Tesman, tempo rhythms within certain extracts, how modern day designers and performers can approach Ibsen's naturalistic ideas, approaching this play from a 'modern tragedy' perspective and looking at how characters such as Hedda defy the typical tragic hero conventions.