Glenda Jackson in his next project. She gained a second Academy Award for Best Actress for Frank's "A Touch of Class" (1973). She continued to work in the theatre, and returned to the RSC to play the lead role in Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler". A later film version directed by Trevor Nunn was released as "Hedda" (1975), for which Jackson was nominated for an Oscar. In "The New York Times", Vincent Canby praised Jackson's performance: "This version of "Hedda Gabler" is all Miss Jackson's Hedda and, I must say, great fun to watch ... Miss Jackson's technical virtuosity is particularly suited to a
Hedda Gabler party and reveals that he found the complete manuscript (the only copy) of Eilert's great work, which the latter lost while drunk. George is then called away to his aunt's house, leaving the manuscript in Hedda's possession. When Eilert next sees Hedda and Thea, he tells them that he has deliberately destroyed the manuscript. Thea is mortified, and it is revealed that it was the joint work of Eilert and herself. Hedda says nothing to contradict Eilert or to reassure Thea. After Thea has left, Hedda encourages Eilert to commit suicide, giving him a pistol that had belonged to her