Claim: Hedda Gabler's world premiere took place in a boat.
Evidence: Ibsen was present at the world premiere , which took place on 31 January 1891 at the Residenztheater in Munich.
The Residence Theatre -LRB- in German : Residenztheater -RRB- or New Residence Theatre -LRB- Neues Residenztheater -RRB- of the Residence in Munich was built from 1950 to 1951 by Karl Hocheder.