Frederick J. and Lise-Lone Marker. Strindberg and Modernist Theatre: Post-Inferno Drama on the Stage.(Book Review)

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Frederick J. and Lise-Lone Marker. Strindberg and Modernist Theatre: Post-Inferno Drama on the Stage. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2002. Pp. i-xi + 176.

The latest in a series of studies that examine theatrical productions, this recent volume from Frederick and Lise-Lone Marker is devoted to three Strindberg plays: Till Damaskus [To Damascus], Ett dromspel [A Dreamplay], and Spoksonaten [The Ghost Sonata]. They rightly note that Strindberg "was the ardent champion of a comprehensive revitalization of the theatre which, by the end of the nineties, he was convinced could only be ...

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