Strindberg and Modernist Theatre: Post-Inferno Drama on the Stage

by Frederick J. Marker and Lise-Lone Marker

Book Overview

This book offers a detailed critical analysis of Strindberg's major works in performance, created after his psychic upheaval, which he called his Inferno. Ranging from the early productions of Max Reinhardt and Olof Molander to the reinterpretations of Robert Lepage, Robert Wilson, and Ingmar Bergman, the study explores the crucial impact of this dramatist's method of playwriting. Each chapter ends with a section devoted to innovative Strindberg performances...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521039398
• ISBN13: 9780521039390
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"