Strindberg - Other Sides : Seven Plays Translated and introduced by Joe Martin with a Foreword by Bjoern Meidal.
Title:
Strindberg - Other Sides : Seven Plays Translated and introduced by Joe Martin with a Foreword by Bjoern Meidal.
Author:
Strindberg, August.
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9781453909676
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1 online resource (402 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- Foreword by Björn Meidal vii -- Preface xiii -- Introduction: Strindberg-A Revaluation 1 -- The Plays Introduced 25 -- The Ghost Sonata 57 -- The Pelican 101 -- Carl XII 145 -- The Dance of Death 221 -- Three One-Acts: Introduction 295 -- The Stronger 309 -- Pariah 319 -- Simoom 339 -- Appendix: Toten-Insel 353 -- Notes to the Introductions: 361 -- Notes to the Texts 373 -- Production/Performance Credits 383 -- BM 1 384.
Abstract:
Strindberg - Other Sides: Seven Plays presents fresh translations based upon the new national Swedish edition of Strindberg's works, hewing close to Strindberg's techniques of scoring his scripts for actors and directors. The plays are illuminated in introductory essays revaluating Strindberg's role in transforming theatre (and art) with his extraordinary new forms. The Ghost Sonata is a keystone in the construction of the expressionist theatre; in The Pelican Strindberg goes over the top with his own form of psychological drama until it soars beyond the realm of realism; The Dance of Death is a battle of the sexes rendered absurd, as a series of games played against the void; and Carl XII is an epic play portraying the last months of the king who brought Sweden's history as a great power to an end. Three one-acts from the late 1880s foreshadow the striking ambiguity of Strindberg's later works.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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