Strindberg, August, 1849-1912 / 2008-06-07 00:00:00
EBOOK, PLAYS: COMRADES; FACING DEATH; PARIAH; EASTER ***
E-text prepared by Nicole Apostola
PLAYS:
Comrades
Facing Death
Pariah
Easter
by AUGUST STRINDBERG
Translated by Edith and Waerner Oland
CONTENTS
COMRADES
A Comedy in IV Acts.
FACING DEATH
A Play in I Act.
PARIAH
A Play in I Act.
EASTER
A Play in III Acts.
FOREWORD
August Strindberg died at Stockholm On May 14, 1912, just ten days
after the first of his plays given in English in the United States
had completed a month's engagement. This play was "The Father,"
which, on April 9, 1912, was produced at the Berkeley Theatre in
New York, the same little theatre that witnessed in 1894 the first
performance in this country of Ibsen's "Ghosts."
It happened that August Lindberg, the eminent Swedish actor and
friend of Strindberg [who, by the way, was the first producer of
"Ghosts" in any language], was visiting this country and came to
see a performance of "The Father." His enthusiasm over the
interpretation given Strindberg, in the English rendering of the
play as well as in the acting, led him to cable a congratulatory
message to Strindberg; and upon departing for Stockholm, he asked
for some of the many letters of appreciation from significant
sources which the production of "The Father" had called forth.
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