Miss Julie
Published on 10. August 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
90 pages
978-1-85459-205-7 (ISBN)
Description
Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price
Bored with her sheltered existence, Miss Julie attempts to seduce the footman, but gets far more than she bargained for...
August Strindberg's classic naturalistic play Miss Julie was written in 1888, and first performed at Strindberg's experimental theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1889, despite being banned by the censor.
This English version, translated and introduced by Kenneth McLeish, is published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series. The volume also includes Strindberg's Preface.
Bored with her sheltered existence, Miss Julie attempts to seduce the footman, but gets far more than she bargained for...
August Strindberg's classic naturalistic play Miss Julie was written in 1888, and first performed at Strindberg's experimental theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1889, despite being banned by the censor.
This English version, translated and introduced by Kenneth McLeish, is published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series. The volume also includes Strindberg's Preface.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 163 mm
Width: 106 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
65 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-205-7 (9781854592057)
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Persons
August Strindberg (1849-1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. His plays include The Father (1887), Miss Julie (1888), To Damascus (1898), The Dance of Death (1900), A Dream Play (1902) and The Ghost Sonata (1908).
Kenneth McLeish was the most widely respected and prolific translator of drama in Britain and, until his early death in 1997, edited the NHB Drama Classics series.
Kenneth McLeish was the most widely respected and prolific translator of drama in Britain and, until his early death in 1997, edited the NHB Drama Classics series.