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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ISBN
9781453909676
Publisert
2018
Utgave
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Vendor
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
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