Johan August Strindberg

The Father; A Dream Play; Miss Julie; The Ghost Sonata; The Dance of Death `Ibsen can sit serenely in his Doll's House,' Sean O'Casey remarked, `while Strindberg is battling with his heaven and his hell.' Strindberg was one of the most extreme, and ultimately the most influential theatrical innovators of the late nineteenth century. The five plays translated here are those on which Strindberg's international reputation as a dramatist principally rests and this edition embraces his crucial transition from Naturalism to Modernism, from his two finest achievements as a psychological realist, The Father and Miss Julie, to the three plays in which he redefined the possibilities of European drama following his return to the theatre in 1898. Michael Robinson's highly performable translations are based on the authoritative texts of the new edition of Strindberg's collected works in Sweden and include the Preface to Miss Julie, Strindberg's manifesto of theatrical naturalism. Introduction Textual Note Bibliography Chronology Explanatory Notes

Miss Julie and Other Plays

Karst Woudstra

Tien éénacters uit de realistische, respectievelijk naturalistische periode van de Zweedse auteur (1849-1912).

Freule Julie en andere eenakters

Hemsöborna

"The Father" is a tragic drama in three acts about the Captain, a scientist engaged in a power struggle with his wife, Laura. The dispute was over their daughter. He wanted to send the girl to school, while his wife was determined to keep her at home under her influence. Who will win and to what extent will both go is disclosed later in the play.

The Father

In een café in het Stockholm van 1880 ontmoeten studenten, kunstenaars en bohemiens elkaar.

Johan August Strindberg

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