Play response:Strindberg's "Miss Julie"--incls:Title-Author-Nationality-Period and Setting-Synopsis-Unique Elements of Playwright's Style-Production Challenges/Problems
Title: Play response:Strindberg's "Miss Julie"--incls:Title-Author-Nationality-Period and Setting-Synopsis-Unique Elements of Playwright's Style-Production Challenges/Problems Category:Arts & Humanities / Theater Details: Words: 678 | Pages: 2.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Play response:Strindberg's "Miss Julie"--incls:Title-Author-Nationality-Period and Setting-Synopsis-Unique Elements of Playwright's Style-Production Challenges/Problems
Title: Miss Julie
Author: August Strindberg
Nationality: Swedish
Period and Setting: Sweden in the late 1880's (87 or 88) on Mid Summer's Eve. The action all takes in the kitchen of Miss Julie's father, the Count's manor house.
Synopsis: The play begins with Jean the Valet gossiping with Kristin about Miss Julie's wild behavior specifically that night and more generally since her broken engagement that occurred after Miss Julie's Sadomasochistic attempt to conquer her fiancé. Later, after Miss Julie and Jean go to a Mid Summer's Eve …showed first 85 words of 678 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 678 total…be a challenge to get Strindberg's messages and themes across without having the audience be so caught up in the violence and sexuality of the play. I think one of the greater challenges also comes with being able to give Strindberg's message accurately. Since so much of the play involves implied elements and hinted at events, any production is going to have somewhat of an ordeal trying to make the audience aware of the undercurrent without having to beat them over the head with symbolism.
