1st Edition

Drama as Text and Performance Strindberg's and Bergman's Miss Julie

By Egil Törnqvist Copyright 2012
262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

This bilingual English-Swedish study of August Strindberg’s renowned play Miss Julie (1888) provides a penetrating analysis of the author’s text and of Ingmar Bergman’s praised 1985 production. The book is a paradigmatic illustration of similarities and differences between text and performance. The Bergman part is highlighted by a number of black-and-white illustrations from the stage performance.... Read more
Foreword, Strindberg’s Miss Julie, Bergman’s Miss Julie, Conclusions, Photos from the performance, Förord, Strindbergs Fröken Julie

Biography

Egil Törnqvist (19.12.1932 - 9.3.2015) was professor emeritus of Scandinavian studies at the University of Amsterdam, author of Drama as Text and Performance, and a leading Strindberg and Bergman scholar. In 2004, he received the renowned Strindberg Prize.