The Importance of Being Earnest
Sep 15, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min · 21 segments
Hedda Gabler, a compelling play by Henrik Ibsen, delves into the complexities of human desire, societal expectations, and the struggle for autonomy. At its core, the narrative explores the life of a…
the scene of the action is tesman's villa in the west end of christiania act first a spacious handsome and tastefully furnished drawing-room decorated in dark colors in the back a wide doorway with curtains drawn back leading into a smaller room decorated in the same style as the drawing-room in the right-hand wall of the front room a folding door leading out to the hall in the opposite wall on the left a glass door also with curtains drawn back through the panes can be seen part of a verandah outside and trees covered with autumn foliage an oval table with a cover on it and surrounded by chairs stands well forward in front by the wall on the right a white stove of dark porcelain a high-backed arm-chair a cushioned footrest and two footstools a settee with a small round table in front of it fills the upper right-hand corner in front on the left a little way from the wall a sofa further back than the glass door a piano on either side of the doorway at the back a what-not with terra cotta and majolica ornaments against the back wall of the inner room a sofa with a table and one or two chairs over the sofa hangs the portrait of a handsome elderly man in a general's uniform over the table a hanging lamp with an opal glass shade a number of bouquets are arranged about the drawing-room in vases and glasses others lie upon the tables the floors in both rooms are covered with thick carpets Morning light.
The sun shines in through the glass door.
Miss Juliana Tessman, with her bonnet on and carrying a parasol, comes in from the hall, followed by Bertha, who carries a bouquet wrapped in paper.
Miss Tessman is a comely and pleasant-looking lady of about sixty-five.
She is nicely but simply dressed in a grey walking costume.
Bertha is a middle-aged woman of plain and rather countrified appearance.
don't believe they are stirring yet
berta also softly
i told you so miss remember how late the steamboat got in last night and then when they got home good lord what a lot the young mistress had to unpack before she could get to bed
well well let them have their sleep out but let us see that they get a good breath of the fresh morning air when they do appear
she goes to the glass door and throws it open berta beside the table at a loss what to do with the bouquet in her hand
i declare there isn't a bit of room left i think i'll put it down here miss she places it
on the piano so you've got a new mistress now my dear berta heaven knows it was a wrench to me to part with you
berta on the point of weeping
and do you think it wasn't
hard for me too miss after all the blessed years i've been with you and miss rina
we must make the best of it berta there was nothing else to be done george can't do without you you see he absolutely can't he has had you to look after him ever since
he
was a little boy
ah but miss julia i can't help thinking of miss rina lying helpless at home there poor thing and with only that new girl too she'll never learn to take proper care of an invalid
Oh, I shall manage to train her.
And, of course, you know, I shall take most of it upon myself.
You needn't be uneasy about my poor sister, my dear Berta.
Well,
the scene of the action is tesman's villa in the west end of christiania act first a spacious handsome and tastefully furnished drawing-room decorated in dark colors in the back a wide doorway with curtains drawn back leading into a smaller room decorated in the same style as the drawing-room in the right-hand wall of the front room a folding door leading out to the hall in the opposite wall on the left a glass door also with curtains drawn back through the panes can be seen part of a verandah outside and trees covered with autumn foliage an oval table with a cover on it and surrounded by chairs stands well forward in front by the wall on the right a white stove of dark porcelain a high-backed arm-chair a cushioned footrest and two footstools a settee with a small round table in front of it fills the upper right-hand corner in front on the left a little way from the wall a sofa further back than the glass door a piano on either side of the doorway at the back a what-not with terra cotta and majolica ornaments against the back wall of the inner room a sofa with a table and one or two chairs over the sofa hangs the portrait of a handsome elderly man in a general's uniform over the table a hanging lamp with an opal glass shade a number of bouquets are arranged about the drawing-room in vases and glasses others lie upon the tables the floors in both rooms are covered with thick carpets Morning light.
The sun shines in through the glass door.
Miss Juliana Tessman, with her bonnet on and carrying a parasol, comes in from the hall, followed by Bertha, who carries a bouquet wrapped in paper.
Miss Tessman is a comely and pleasant-looking lady of about sixty-five.
She is nicely but simply dressed in a grey walking costume.
Bertha is a middle-aged woman of plain and rather countrified appearance.
don't believe they are stirring yet
berta also softly
i told you so miss remember how late the steamboat got in last night and then when they got home good lord what a lot the young mistress had to unpack before she could get to bed
well well let them have their sleep out but let us see that they get a good breath of the fresh morning air when they do appear
she goes to the glass door and throws it open berta beside the table at a loss what to do with the bouquet in her hand
i declare there isn't a bit of room left i think i'll put it down here miss she places it
on the piano so you've got a new mistress now my dear berta heaven knows it was a wrench to me to part with you
berta on the point of weeping
and do you think it wasn't
hard for me too miss after all the blessed years i've been with you and miss rina
we must make the best of it berta there was nothing else to be done george can't do without you you see he absolutely can't he has had you to look after him ever since
he
was a little boy
ah but miss julia i can't help thinking of miss rina lying helpless at home there poor thing and with only that new girl too she'll never learn to take proper care of an invalid
Oh, I shall manage to train her.
And, of course, you know, I shall take most of it upon myself.
You needn't be uneasy about my poor sister, my dear Berta.
Well,
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