(1970), Colin Wilson’s first published play, presents a vivid portrait of the Swedish dramatist, novelist, essayist, poet and painter August Strindberg (1849-1912) at the age of 60. As John A. Weigel (1912-98) observes (1975, 120), the play originally appeared as “Playscript 31” in a series brought out by the avant-garde English publisher Calder and Boyars that consisted of experimental dramas such as

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Nathalie Sarraute (1900-99);

(1935), an adaptation by the French theorist of the “theatre of cruelty”, Antonin Artaud (1896-1948), of the 1819 verse play by the Romantic…

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Citation: Tredell, Nicolas. "Strindberg". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 October 2014 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=23937, accessed 26 November 2024.]