Hedda Gabler in 2011. Vahid Rahbani was summoned to court for inquiry after an Iranian news agency blasted the classic drama in a review and described it as "vulgar" and "hedonistic" with symbols of "sexual slavery cult." A modernised New Zealand adaptation by The Wild Duck starring Clare Kerrison in the title role, and opening at BATS Theatre in Wellington in April, 2009, was referred to as "extraordinarily accessible without compromising Ibsen's genius at all." A Serbian production premiered in February 2011 at the National Theatre in Belgrade. A 2012 Brian Friel adaptation of the play staged at London's The Old Vic
Neal Gabler to be movies for teenagers and there ought to be "Police Academys" – so long as they're well-made and I certainly won't begrudge anyone that – and there ought to be "Tender Mercies" and there ought to be "Indiana Joneses"." Gabler was one of four panelists on the Fox News Channel show, "Fox News Watch". On February 2, 2008, the show's host, Eric Burns, announced Gabler had left the show to work for PBS. In 2016 Gabler attracted commentary for his cover story in "The Atlantic" entitled "The Shame of Middle Class Americans", in which he described the precarious debt