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'Frank McGuinness's measured colloquial version slips nicely off the tongue.' Robert Shore, Time Out London, 02.09.10
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One of the greatest classics of modern theater—the fateful drama of a willful young aristocrat’s seduction of her father’s valet during a Midsummer’s Eve celebration. Inspired by the new ideas of naturalism and psychology that swept Europe in the late 19th century, the play is reprinted here from an authoritative edition complete with Strindberg’s critical preface, considered by many one of the most important manifestos in theater history.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Strindberg is, in my view, one of the greatest tragedians of modern times, an heir to Aeschylus and Sophocles. His characters, multi-dimensional and tortured souls, wedge an almighty war against each other. More disturbingly, they wedge a war against their inner selves, a war which they both win and lose. Julia and Jean are as cruel as they are tender, with their masculine and feminine elements locked in a deadly embrace. A class war and the war of the sexes, is ultimately a war of instincts. No wonder, Eugene O'Neill, in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech said: `Without Strindberg there wouldn't have been me'. I think that `Miss Julia' is Strindberg's best play, not least because of its extraordinary economy of expression (worthy of Aeschylus).
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6 April 2000
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A previous reviewer (annalait@apia.vlk.fi) commented that Miss Julie is a true story about Strindberg, his 16 yr. old lover and his wife Harriet. This is not entirely correct. It is based on one of his marriages - to his first wife Siri von Essen. He married Siri in 1877. Miss Julie was written in 1888 and was first put on stage in 1889 with Siri acting out the role of Julie. He divorced Siri in 1891 and did not meet Harriet (who was actually his third wife) until 1900. They married in 1901. Strindberg identifies with Jean in the play. Strindberg felt inferior to Siri (a Baroness). Jean was also inferior to Julie but he triumphed over her in the end.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Miss Julie
11 Jan 2000
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Definitely one of the better plays I have read in my survey of late 19th century European drama. While there are slight flaws in it, such as frequent mood swings by the characters, the overall writing is fabulous. Jean is a perfectly portrayed Machiavelli, doing what is necessary for him to succeed at whatever costs. Julie, on the other hand, wavers between the strong and self-confident seductress of the beginning, to the weak and manipulated wronged woman at the end. Definitely a cornerstone in the history of modern drama.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Mistress and servant
3 Oct 2002
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"Miss Julie," by August Strindberg, is a play with three speaking parts: Miss Julie, a nobleman's daughter; Jean, a young valet; and Christine, a cook in the household. The Dover Thrift Edition version is translated by Edwin Bjorkman. A brief introductory note states that the play first appeared as a printed text in 1888, a year before its first staging.
The play's title character is bold and flirtatious; her behavior, unsurprisingly, leads to controversy. "Miss Julie" is a fascinating glimpse at a society that is rigidly ordered around class stratification, gender roles, and sexual conduct; the play looks at the consequences when people resist this rigid order. The play has some really startling, thought-provoking dialogue.
Recommended companion texts: "Hands Around," by Arthur Schnitzler; "Daisy Miler," by Henry James; and "Cuckoos," by Giuseppe Manfridi. Each of these three literary works shares at least one significant theme or motif in common with "Miss Julie."
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