About Miss Julie
August Strindberg's 1888 naturalistic tragedy. Set on a midsummer night in 1874, Strindberg peels the skin off class, love and lust in this explosive battle of the sexes.
Miss Julie Description
Creative State & Acompany Theatre
present
miss julie
by august strindberg
translated by michael meyer
directed by paul caesar
with
miss julie - laura viskovich
jean - paul metcalfe
christine - alix foster vander elst
stage manager - adriane white
music - kevin macleod
producers - paul caesar & paul metcalfe
No new adaptations here but a direct translation of the original by Strindberg conduit Michael Meyer. This translation was first performed by the National Theatre Company England in 1965 with Maggie Smith and Albert Finney in the cast.
"Life is not so foolishly and mathematically arranged that the great always devour the small. It happens equally often that a bee kills a lion, or at any rate drives it mad. " - August Strindberg
By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd, On Behalf of Dramatists Play Services, Inc New York.