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Miss Julie and the Stronger : Two Plays

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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.

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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