Aleksandra Śląska jako Hedda Gabler

The article focuses on an analysis of Aleksandra Śląska acting in TVP Theatre play Hedda Gabler (1974) directed by Jan Świderski. By taking part in this artistic undertak-ing, the actress joined the circle of outstanding Ibsen’s actors such as: Karol Adwen-towicz, Irena Solska, Anna Gostyńska or Wanda Siemaszkowa. Śląska, who played gen-eral’s daughter, was prepossessed by character’s ambiguity, intellectual and personal cu-riousness. The actress also saw the timeliness of Ibsen’s drama in regards to emancipa-tion of emotions. Świderski adapted the play written in 1890, referring to an idea of the traditional theater. He perfectly projected the elements of scenography and props, rele-vant from actor’s transformation point of view. Moreover, the director often used a character setup typical for stage theatre – facing forwards to the camera and backwards to the interlocutor. The author of this article points out both perfect changes to Ibsen’s text and the actress’ utilization of interpretation strategy – restrained and hushed play. By nuances, transmitted through an all seeing eye of the camera, she creates an internally rich character.