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The Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger

by August Strindberg

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A midsummer meal becomes a contest of manners in the Count's kitchen, where Jean and Kristin discuss Miss Julie's broken engagement. Jean insists on a warmed plate and a proper wine glass, while his remarks about Julie expose the household's sharp distinctions of rank. This scene from Countess Julie gives August Strindberg's Plays a concrete point of entry: ordinary conversation can carry pride, resentment and competing claims to refinement.

Translated into English by Edith and Warner Oland, the volume brings together The Father, Countess Julie, The Outlaw and The Stronger. Dialogue and stage directions invite attention to gesture as well as speech. The introductory note singles out The Stronger for its unusual arrangement: one performer speaks while the other sustains the action through expression and movement.

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August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, essayist, and painter whose experiments with realism, satire, psychology, and expressionism reshaped modern Scandinavian literature.

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Pages
104
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