Includes: The Chamber Plays (The Storm, The Burned Site, The Ghost Sonata, The Pelican, The Black Glove) and The Ghost Highway. Gregory Motton's translations combine an unprecedented faithfulness to Strindberg's original texts with the natural fluency of one of our most linguistically able contemporary playwrights.

The Father is a naturalistic tragedy by Swedish playwright August Strindberg, adapted here by American playwright Richard Nelson.

"The Heyst family live under a shadow. The father is in prison for embezzlement and the daughter, Eleanora, has been committed to an asylum. Mrs Heyst and her son Elis live from day to day on the edge of collapse. They fear that they are on the brink of ruin, but as the snow melts and a single daffodil appears, Easter Eve brings them hope, joy and mercy. Passionate and powerful, Easter is August Strindberg's most tender play and perhaps closest to his heart. It is a play about forgiveness and the coincidences of life from one of the world's master dramatists. "

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Der Band vereint eine erlesene Auswahl von Novellen des schwedischen Schriftstellers August Strindberg: "Leontopolis," "Der Grosse," "Veredelte Frucht," "Neubau," "Gewissensqual," "Ein halber Bogen Papier," "Das grosse Kiessieb." Nachdruck der schon verzierten Jugendstilausgabe von 190

Auf dem rauschenden Mittsommernachtsfest im Hause ihres Vaters tanzt die adlige Julie mit dem Diener Jean. Die Gefühlswelt der jungen Frau die eigentlich dazu erzogen wurde, zu denken und zu handeln wie ein Mann gerät durch die Begegnung heftig ins Schwanken, und der Wunsch, gemeinsam mit Jean den engen Schranken ihres Standes zu entfliehen, wird im Laufe des Abends immer größer. Zwar fühlt sich auch Jean zu ihr hingezogen, doch sein Eigennutz und Opportunismus sind am Ende stärker, und für Julie bleibt nur ein Ausweg.§Das naturalistische Drama verdeutlicht die zerstörerische Kraft...