Miss Julie & Creditors: Two plays by August Strindberg

by August Strindberg

Howard Brenton (Translator)

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August Strindberg's classic portrayals of secrets and lies, seduction and power – both written in the summer of 1888 – in brilliant new versions by Howard Brenton.

Miss Julie begins as a flirtatious game between the daughter of a wealthy landowner and her father's manservant, and gradually descends, over the course of a long and sultry Midsummer's Eve, into a savage fight for survival.

In Creditors, young artist Adolf is deeply in love with his new wife Tekla – but a chance meeting with a suave stranger shakes his devotion to the core. Passionate, dangerously funny, and enduringly perceptive, Strindberg considered this wickedly enjoyable black comedy his masterpiece.

Both plays premiered in co-productions between Jermyn Street Theatre, London, and Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, directed by Jermyn Street's Artistic Director Tom Littler.

  • ISBN13 9781848428539
  • Publish Date 28 March 2019 (first published 27 July 2017)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Nick Hern Books
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 120
  • Language English