Word: strindbergism
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...Crimson: Your last two plays have been Strindberg scripts; do you find anything particularly resonant in his work...
Miss Julie--by August Strindberg. Directed by Hans Canosa. Leverett Old Library...
...amazing thing about Miss Julie is that the play needs little scenery (only the steps of Leverett House's Old Library, two ladders and a table are used) to convey its societed commentary. August Strindberg wrote Miss Julie as a social narrative that exemplifies the striking similarities between rich and poor...
...audience infers through several genealogical references that a streak of promiscuity runs in Julie's family--further evidence of Strindberg's point that sexual vices do not limit themselves to a particular social class...
Canosa's production abounds with physical interaction in order to give the actors something to do with their hands. This interaction compensates for the lack of props, but could not make up for the scads of garbled dialogue; Strindberg's profound dialogue frequently loses intensity before it reaches listener's ears. Had the actors not shouted so often, all of their speech would have been lost to the rafters...