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Miss Julie and the Stronger : Two Plays
Overview
Frank McGuinness presents scintillating new versions of two of August Strindberg's plays -- one a major work, the other less well known.
Miss Julie is Strindberg's examination of power, sex, and class, set on a midsummer's eve in a nobleman's house and focusing on the shifting relationship between Miss Julie, the daughter of the house, and Jean, her father's manservant. The Stronger is a short play that explores the complex range of emotions felt by Madame X when she encounters Mademoiselle Y, her husband's former mistress, at a fashionable cafe. Calling Mademoiselle Y worn out and evil, Madame X says that the triumph of her marriage proves she is the stronger of the two -- even though these words ring hollow, as she attempts to deceive only herself.Customers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780571205431
- ISBN-10: 0571205437
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Publish Date: April 2002
- Dimensions: 7.88 x 5.34 x 0.19 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.21 pounds
- Page Count: 96
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