The Master Builder "When We Dead Awaken", and "Hedda Gabler". Early reactions to the play by Ibsen's critics were mixed, possibly due its heightened ambiguities. Hilda, for example, seems to alternate roles between an inspiring force, urging Solness to temper his rampant ambition and so find real happiness, and a temptress, pushing Solness to commitments he cannot possibly fulfill. English critic William Archer (the play's original translator) suggests that the play is not as completely symbolic as some have maintained, interpreting it instead as "a history of a sickly conscience, worked out in terms of pure psychology". He notes that, in this regard,
Neal Gabler movie reviewers for the PBS show "Sneak Previews". The original hosts of "Sneak Previews", Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, had left the show for contractual reasons and Gabler and Lyons went to Chicago to produce the show. He was a writer for the "Detroit Free Press" at the time. Gabler left "Sneak Previews" in 1985 citing differences with the direction of the show. He was replaced by Michael Medved, who had had occasional appearances on "Sneak Previews" before replacing Gabler full-time. Neal Gabler Neal Gabler (born 1950) is an American journalist, historian and film critic. Gabler graduated from Lane Tech