Miss Julie
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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.
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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).
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Johan August Strindberg (1849-1912)
- Miss Julie: What Happens in the Play
- Naturalism
- Miss Julie
- Strindberg's Mind
- Characterisation
- Original Staging
- For Further Reading and Note on the Text
- Strindberg: Key Dates
- Strindberg's Preface
- Strindberg's Preface (1888)
- Characters
- Miss Julie
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information
