Round 5: Tossup 6

While at a party, this character accidentally insults a hat without knowing it belonged to her husband's aunt. When she was young, this character threatened to burn off the hair of a girl she calls Thora. This character asks her husband if another character had vine leaves (15[1])in his hair before he went to Mademoiselle Diana's. This character tells a man to die “beautifully” after handing him a (*) pistol. Judge Brack blackmails this character after she burns Eilert Lovborg’s manuscript in order to advance her husband’s career. George Tesman is the husband of, for 10 points, what title character of a Henrik Ibsen play? (-5[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Hedda Gabler [prompt on Hedda Tesman]
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