Strindberg on drama and theatre : a source book
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Strindberg on drama and theatre : a source book
Amsterdam University Press, c2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-194) and indexes
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Description
Sweden's August Strindberg (1849-1912) has long been recognised as one of the leading dramatists around the turn of the last century. His electrifying theatre work resonated with the public in his lifetime, and continues to grip playwrights and audiences today. A restless innovator of various drama forms, he was a source of inspiration for Eugene O'Neill, Samuel Beckett and Ingmar Bergman, and has proved seminal to the development of modern drama. His preface to Miss Julie and his prefatory note to A Dream Play are well known and often reprinted. What is less well known is that Strindberg frequently commented on drama and theatre in general, and on his own plays and their staging in particular. This book presents the most important of these comments, chronologically assembled and annotated, many of them for the first time in an English translation.
An essential resource for those interested in one of the most influential modern playwrights and for the dedicated theatre lover.
Table of Contents
Contents - 6 Preface - 7 Introduction - 12 1870-1880 - 28 1881-1889 - 32 1891-1899 - 86 1900-1906 - 92 1907-1912 - 108 Strindberg's Plays - 174 Notes - 180 Select Bibliography - 191 Name and Ti t l e Index - 196 Subject Index - 202
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