Three plays / August Strindberg ; translated by Peter Watts.
By: Strindberg, August [author]
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Contributor(s): Watts, Peter [translator].
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BookSeries: Penguin classics: Publisher: Harmondsworth : Penguin books, 1958Copyright date: ©1958Description: 174 pages ; 19 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0140440828 (paperback); 9780140440829 (paperback).Subject(s): Dramatists, SwedishDDC classification: 839.7 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Store Item | 839.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00060566 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Three of Strindberg's most famous plays, including Miss Julia , the basis for the major motion picture Miss Julie , starring Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell
The plays in this volume focus on the tumultuous relationships between men and women, whether they are father and daughter, brother and sister, or lovers. Miss Julia is a ruthlessly realistic depiction of an upper-class woman's seduction of a servant, emphasizing the differences and the antagonism between them. In The Father a mom is brought to madness and driven out of his home by the suspicion that his daughter is not his own child, while Easter centers on a family in need of redemption for its sins and suffering, and finding forgiveness at a season of rebirth. Strindberg's acute psychological analysis and his dramatization of naked emotion within a natrualistic domestic setting make him one of the great innovators of modern theater.
Peter Watts's powerful translation is accompanied by an introduction and a preface to each of the dramas, which place the plays in the context of Strindberg's life.
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The father -- Miss Julia -- Easter.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
August Strindberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden on January 22, 1849. He was educated at the University of Uppsala in Sweden, but left without a degree. He began to write while supporting himself at a variety of jobs, including journalist and librarian. He wrote several novels including The Red Room and Black Banners, but was best known as a playwright. His plays include The Father, Miss Julie, Creditors, A Dream Play, and The Ghost Sonata. He also wrote an autobiography entitled The Son of a Servant. He died on May 14, 1912 at the age of 63.(Bowker Author Biography)