Hedda Gabler Munich at the Königliches Residenz-Theater on 31 January 1891, with Clara Heese as Hedda, though Ibsen was said to be displeased with the declamatory style of her performance. Ibsen’s work had an international following, so that translations and productions in various countries appeared very soon after the publication in Copenhagen and the premiere in Munich. In February 1891 there were two productions: Berlin and Copenhagen. The first British performance was at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, on 20 April 1891, starring Elizabeth Robins, who directed it with Marion Lea, who played Thea. Robins also played Hedda in the first US production,
Hedda Vernon Piel. She also worked in other films directed by Piel and collaborated with Max Obal until 1914. Some of her early films are "The Struggle for the Heritage" (1912), "The Brown Beast" (1914), and "The Iron Cross" (1914). In 1914 she founded her own production company, Hedda Vernon Films, in Berlin and produced her own films for the Hedda Vernon series, including the self-directed "The Yellow Grimace" (1914) and "Hedda Vernon's Stage Sketch" (1916). She also acted in several Eiko film productions until the end of World War I, mainly under the direction of her husband Hubert Moest, who founded