Plays by August Strindberg, Fourth Series

A storm gathers on the Swedish stage: voices rise, boundaries blur, and the very fabric of family and society is torn and rewoven. Within these pages, the pulse of nineteenth century theatre comes alive-tense, searching, and unafraid to expose the shadows beneath everyday existence. The dramas collected here mark a turning point in European stage plays, where the old certainties of tradition give way to the unsettling questions of modernist theatre. Each script is charged with an atmosphere...