What was the nationality of the playwright August Strindberg?
"of the sexes imposed by society, which he criticized as unjust. Strindberg's last home was Blå tornet in central Stockholm, where he lived from 1908 until 1912. It is now a museum. Of several statues and busts of him erected in Stockholm, the most prominent is Carl Eldh's, erected in 1942 in Tegnérlunden, a park adjoining this house. August Strindberg Johan August Strindberg (; ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote"
"Theatre from 1907, a small-scale theatre, modeled on Max Reinhardt's , that staged his chamber plays (such as ""The Ghost Sonata""). Strindberg was born on 22 January 1849 in Stockholm, Sweden, the third surviving son of Carl Oscar Strindberg (a shipping agent) and Eleonora Ulrika Norling (a serving-maid). In his autobiographical novel ""The Son of a Servant"", Strindberg describes a childhood affected by ""emotional insecurity, poverty, religious fanaticism and neglect"". When he was seven, Strindberg moved to Norrtullsgatan on the northern, almost-rural periphery of the city. A year later the family moved near to Sabbatsberg, where they stayed for three"
"August Lindberg (actor) Johan ""August"" Lindberg (3 September 1846 – 18 November 1916) was a Swedish actor, stage director and theatre manager. Lindberg is most famous for his rendition of ""Hamlet"", which he played countless times during his career, and he also played all of the other great Shakespeare parts. As a theatre manager he was among the first to introduce the plays of Henrik Ibsen in Sweden, and with his one-man interpretations of plays such as Shakespeare's ""The Tempest"" and Goethe's ""Faust"", he toured Sweden and the United States. Lindberg played at almost all of the major theatres in"
"those in association with the Royal Dramatic Theatre, of international guest performances and those from Swedish regional theatres, as well as theatre productions for schools and children. Strindbergs Intima Teater Strindbergs Intima Teater or ""Intima teatern"", is a theatre stage in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded and managed by the famous Swedish playwright August Strindberg and the young actor August Falck between 1907 and 1910. The playhouse was a small (6 x 6 meters) but engaging space based on the designs of the French and German models of the time. The small auditorium could hold up to 150 patrons and"
"Pariah (play) Pariah () is a one-act play written by August Strindberg. Strindberg wrote ""Pariah"" along with his play ""Creditors"" in the town of Holte, Denmark during the winter of 1888–1889. He was in Denmark to create a theatre of his own, following the example he admired of the Théâtre Libre in Paris, which had been founded two years earlier. Strindberg’s theatre would present naturalistic plays, and the artistic director would be his wife, Siri von Essen. It was to be called “The Scandinavian Experimental Theatre”, and then was renamed “Strindberg’s Experimental Theatre”. Beset with disasters, not the least of"
"some Mongolian ancestry, though his known ancestry contains no indication that this was so. When he was 13, his family emigrated to the United States in November 1892 on board the S/S ""Thingvalla"", which sailed from Christiania, Norway to New York. After an initial stay in New York City, the family settled in New Britain, Connecticut. Educated in Boston, Oland spoke English and his native Swedish, and eventually translated some of the plays of August Strindberg. As a young man he pursued a career in theater, at first working on set design while developing his skills as a dramatic actor."
"Although Bosse was a successful professional, she is chiefly remembered as the third wife of Swedish dramatist August Strindberg (1849–1912). Strindberg, an important influence on the development of modern drama, had become nationally known in the 1870s as an angry young socialist muckraker and had risen to fame with his satire on the Swedish establishment, ""The Red Room"" (1879). In the 1890s, he had suffered a long and miserable psychotic interlude, known as the """"Inferno"" Crisis"", and, emerging from this ordeal, he remained marked by it. He turned from naturalism to symbolism in his prolific literary output, and his convictions"
"the main name was August Strindberg, but Ola Hansson, Selma Lagerlöf and Victoria Benedictsson also attained wider recognition. The breakthrough of realism in Sweden occurred in 1879. That year, August Strindberg (1845–1912) published ""The Red Room"" (""Röda Rummet""), a satirical novel that relentlessly attacked the political, the academic, the philosophical and the religious worlds. August Strindberg was a writer world-famous for his dramas and prose, noted for his exceptional talent and complex intellect. He would continue to write several books and dramas until his death in Stockholm. The Swedish 1890s is noted for its poetic neo-romanticism, a reaction to the"
"Strindbergs Intima Teater Strindbergs Intima Teater or ""Intima teatern"", is a theatre stage in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded and managed by the famous Swedish playwright August Strindberg and the young actor August Falck between 1907 and 1910. The playhouse was a small (6 x 6 meters) but engaging space based on the designs of the French and German models of the time. The small auditorium could hold up to 150 patrons and featured some of the most advanced lighting innovations of the day. The size of the space in no way limited the company but actually encouraged continuous experimentation."
"door with it, presumably to commit suicide. Miss Julie Miss Julie () is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg. It is set on Midsummer's Eve on the estate of a count in Sweden. The young woman of the title is drawn to a senior servant, a valet named Jean, who is particularly well-traveled, well-mannered and well-read. The action takes place in the kitchen of Miss Julie's father's manor, where Jean's fiancée, a servant named Christine, cooks and sometimes sleeps while Jean and Miss Julie talk. On this night the relationship between Miss Julie and Jean escalates rapidly"
"shortly after the first of his plays was staged in the United States—""The Father"" opened on 9 April 1912 at the Berkeley Theatre in New York, in a translation by Edith and Wärner Oland. During Christmas 1911, Strindberg became sick with pneumonia and he never recovered completely. He also started to suffer from a stomach cancer. The last weeks of his life were painful, and the daily papers in Stockholm reported on his health in every edition. He received many letters and telegrams from admirers across the country. He died on 14 May 1912 at the age of 63. Strindberg"
"estimated that up to 60,000 people lined the streets. King Gustaf V sent a wreath for the bier. Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Maxim Gorky, John Osborne, and Ingmar Bergman are among the many artists who have cited Strindberg as an influence. Eugene O'Neill, upon receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature, dedicated much of his acceptance speech to describing Strindberg's influence on his work, and referred to him as ""that greatest genius of all modern dramatists."" A multi-faceted author, Strindberg was often extreme. His novel ""The Red Room"" (1879) made him famous. His early plays belong to the Naturalistic movement. His"
"August Aspegren August Aspegren (1844-1912), was a Finnish stage actor. He belonged to the elite of the pioneer generation of actors at the Finnish National Theatre. He was a member of the travelling theater of the Swedish-Finnish actor August Westermark, the first theater in Finland to perform in the Finnish language as well as the Swedish. When the Finnish National Theatre, the first Finnish language permanent theater, was founded in 1872 under the management of Kaarlo Bergbom and Oskari Vilho, the theater was staffed by the members of the Westermark theater company, including Aspegren and his spouse Aurora Aspegren. He"
"Frida Uhl Maria Friederike ""Frida"" Cornelia Strindberg (née Uhl (4 April 1872 – 28 June 1943) was an Austrian writer and translator, who was closely associated with many important figures in 20th-century literature. She was married to Swedish playwright August Strindberg. She was the daughter of Friedrich Uhl, editor of the ""Wiener Zeitung"", and Maria Uhl, a Catholic. She met Strindberg in early 1893, when she was only 20; they soon married and she at once tried to organize a production of his work in England, and took his financial affairs in hand. They had a daughter, Kerstin, together. Strindberg"
"Frans Hedberg Frans Theodor Hedberg (1828-1908) was a Swedish dramatist, playwright, and poet. He is also known by his pseudonyms: Esbern Snare, Palle Block, and Paul Qvitt. He was born at Stockholm, Sweden. After growing up in an orphanage he tried various professions, including that of actor and wig-maker, before he set seriously to work as a dramatist and playwright in 1854. Afterwards he was appointed reader, and then teacher, at the Royal Theatre in Stockholm (1861), and later director of the New Theatre, Gothenburg (1881). In 1883 he gave up this position to devote himself entirely to writing. His"
"early plays. At the Helsinki opening of the historic play ""Kung Kristian II"" in 1898, Paul received standing ovations and was crowned with a laurel wreath that he kept for the rest of his life. The royalties for his books and plays made sure his family had some steady income during the 25 years these lasted. In Sweden, Paul was overshadowed by August Strindberg, his older friend whom he greatly admired and whose work influenced Paul's early novels. When Strindberg relocated to Berlin in 1892 after his divorce from Siri von Essen, Paul was the one who introduced him to"
"Fröding and the playwright August Strindberg. His translation of the Strindberg play ""The Dance of Death"" was used in the 1969 film adaptation starring Laurence Olivier. He died May 13, 1946 in London. C. D. Locock and his American contemporary, Charles Wharton Stork, published several volumes of Swedish poetry in translation. Among the authors they covered were Gustaf Fröding, Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Birger Sjöberg and August Strindberg. Charles Dealtry Locock Charles Dealtry Locock (1862 – 1946) was a British literary scholar, editor and translator, who wrote on a wide array of subjects, including chess, billiards and croquet. Charles Dealtry Locock"
"in accordance with how the flat looked at the time the writer lived there, but furniture and other details are original. Strindberg Museum The Strindberg Museum () is a museum in Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the writer August Strindberg and located in his last dwelling, in the house he nicknamed ""Blå tornet"" (""The Blue Tower"") on 85, Drottninggatan, at the corner of Drottninggatan and Tegnérgatan on Norrmalm, Stockholm. The museum is owned by the Strindberg Society of Sweden and was inaugurated in 1973. Strindberg moved to the house in 1908 and lived there until his death in 1912. The museum"
"Hjalmar Söderberg Hjalmar Emil Fredrik Söderberg (July 2, 1869 – October 14, 1941) was a Swedish novelist, playwright, poet and journalist. His works often deal with melancholy and lovelorn characters, and offer a rich portrayal of contemporary Stockholm through the eyes of the flaneur. Söderberg is greatly appreciated in his native country, and is sometimes considered to be the equal of August Strindberg, Sweden's national author. Born in Stockholm, Söderberg began his literary course at the Swedish news daily ""Svenska Dagbladet"", age 20. Six years later his first novel was released, ""Förvillelser"" (Delusions, 1895), written from the viewpoint of a"
"lived in a foster home and then moved back to live with his mother, Anna Lovisa Spångberg. August's two half-siblings—Sten Spångberg (1900-1970) and Linnéa Spångberg (1904-1981), a Swedish movie actress—were the children of his mother and Anders Gustav Olsson. As a young man, Spångberg found work as a railroad worker in Charlottenberg, and was active in the temperance movement and the socialist youth movement. In the 1917 split of the Social Democratic Party, Spångberg joined the Communist group headed by Zeth Höglund. In 1922, Spångberg was the youngest member ever to be elected to the Swedish parliament. In 1929 Spångberg,"
"Because of blasphemous comments, Strindberg found it hard for his work to be published and produced in Sweden. This play was the first Strindberg play to be produced outside of Scandinavia, in Berlin in 1890. ""The Father"" marked a turning point for Strindberg, as he went to a style of writing he deemed ""artistic-psychological writing"". In an essay ""Psychic Murder"", written just after ""The Father"" was completed, Strindberg discusses Henrik Ibsen’s play ""Rosmersholm"", and suggests how Ibsen might have handled Rebecca West’s ""psychic murder"" of Mrs. Rosmer, which Ibsen doesn’t describe. It might be affected, according to Strindberg, by planting"
"achieved the rare distinction of being performed on stages all over the world every year since it was written in 1888. The play was written as Strindberg was creating a new theatre of his own: The Scandinavian Naturalistic Theatre, which would be founded in Copenhagen. ""Miss Julie"" would be the premier offering. Strindberg's wife, Siri von Essen, would star in the title role, and she would also be the artistic director. After Strindberg agreed to a small amount of censorship, the play was published a few weeks before the first production. (The first English translations also contain these censored excisions."
"Miss Julie Miss Julie () is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg. It is set on Midsummer's Eve on the estate of a count in Sweden. The young woman of the title is drawn to a senior servant, a valet named Jean, who is particularly well-traveled, well-mannered and well-read. The action takes place in the kitchen of Miss Julie's father's manor, where Jean's fiancée, a servant named Christine, cooks and sometimes sleeps while Jean and Miss Julie talk. On this night the relationship between Miss Julie and Jean escalates rapidly to feelings of love and is subsequently"
"(1883–92); the later plays of the Swedish dramatist August Strindberg (1849–1912), including the trilogy ""To Damascus"" 1898–1901, ""A Dream Play"" (1902), ""The Ghost Sonata"" (1907); Frank Wedekind (1864–1918), especially the ""Lulu"" plays ""Erdgeist"" (""Earth Spirit"") (1895) and ""Die Büchse der Pandora"" (""Pandora's Box"") (1904); the American poet Walt Whitman's (1819–92) ""Leaves of Grass"" (1855–91); the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–81); Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863–1944); Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–90); Belgian painter James Ensor (1860–1949); and pioneering Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (1856–1939). In 1905, a group of four German artists, led by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, formed Die Brücke (the"
"belonged to the star attractions of the theater and was foremost popular as a comic actor. August Aspegren August Aspegren (1844-1912), was a Finnish stage actor. He belonged to the elite of the pioneer generation of actors at the Finnish National Theatre. He was a member of the travelling theater of the Swedish-Finnish actor August Westermark, the first theater in Finland to perform in the Finnish language as well as the Swedish. When the Finnish National Theatre, the first Finnish language permanent theater, was founded in 1872 under the management of Kaarlo Bergbom and Oskari Vilho, the theater was staffed"
"and biographical information, and telescoped chronology. Works included the so-called Vasa Trilogy: ""The Saga of the Folkungs"" (1899), ""Gustavus Vasa"" (1899), and ""Erik XIV"" (1899). Strindberg was pivotal in the creation of chamber plays. Max Reinhardt was a big supporter of his, staging some of his plays at the Kleines Theatre in 1902 (including ""The Bond"", ""The Stronger"", and ""The Outlaw""). Once Otto Brahm relinquished his role as head as of the Deutsches Theatre, Reinhardt took over and produced Strindberg's plays. In 1903, Strindberg planned to write a grand cycle of plays based on world history, but the idea soon"
"and its professors. Strindberg embarked on his career as a journalist and critic for newspapers in Stockholm. He was particularly excited at this time by Henry Thomas Buckle's ""History of Civilization"" and the first volume of Georg Brandes' ""Main Currents of Nineteenth-Century Literature"". From December 1874, Strindberg worked for eight years as an assistant librarian at the Royal Library. That same month, Strindberg offered ""Master Olof"" to Edvard Stjernström (the director of the newly built New Theatre in Stockholm), but it was rejected. He socialised with writers, painters, journalists, and other librarians; they often met in the Red Room in"
"Harriet Bosse Harriet Sofie Bosse (19 February 1878 – 2 November 1961) was a Swedish–Norwegian actress. A celebrity in her own day, Bosse is today most commonly remembered as the third wife of the playwright August Strindberg. Bosse began her career in a minor company run by her forceful older sister Alma Fahlstrøm in Kristiania (now Oslo, the capital of Norway). Having secured an engagement at the Royal Dramatic Theatre (""Dramaten""), the main drama venue of Sweden's capital Stockholm, Bosse caught the attention of Strindberg with her intelligent acting and exotic ""oriental"" appearance. After a whirlwind courtship, which unfolds in"
"works from this time are often compared with the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Strindberg's best-known play from this period is ""Miss Julie"". Among his most widely read works is the novel ""The People of Hemsö"". Strindberg wanted to attain what he called ""greater Naturalism."" He disliked the expository character backgrounds that characterise the work of Henrik Ibsen and rejected the convention of a dramatic ""slice of life"" because he felt that the resulting plays were mundane and uninteresting. Strindberg felt that true naturalism was a psychological ""battle of brains"": two people who hate each other in the immediate moment and"
"Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg (22 April 1806 – 24 August 1869) also known as Alexander von Sternberg, was a Baltic German novelist, poet and painter who worked under the pseudonym Sylvan. He was born on 22 April 1806 in Gut Noistfer (Purdi), Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire, into the Ungern-Sternberg German-Hungarian-Swedish-Russian noble family and he was the author of historical and biographical novels, novellas and ironic tales. He lived until 1854 in Berlin where he worked among other things as an author for the Kreuzzeitung. Occasionally, he was also active as a draftsman. Ungern-Sternberg studied law,"
"Strindberg Museum The Strindberg Museum () is a museum in Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the writer August Strindberg and located in his last dwelling, in the house he nicknamed ""Blå tornet"" (""The Blue Tower"") on 85, Drottninggatan, at the corner of Drottninggatan and Tegnérgatan on Norrmalm, Stockholm. The museum is owned by the Strindberg Society of Sweden and was inaugurated in 1973. Strindberg moved to the house in 1908 and lived there until his death in 1912. The museum consists of Strindberg's flat and library, as well as an area for temporary exhibitions. Wallpapers and other decorations have been reconstructed"
"Sweden, including the Swedish Theatre and the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, and several times toured the provinces with travelling theatre companies. His acting was characterized by his strange diction and his eccentric ways, and he was often mimicked, but in spite of this was considered one of the country's foremost actors. Lindberg was married to actress Augusta Lindberg (1866–1943), and was the father of author Stina Bergman (1888–1976, married to Hjalmar Bergman), director Per Lindberg (1890–1944) and Greta Lindberg (1886–1978, married first to Tor Bonnier and then to Sixten Strömbom). August Lindberg (actor) Johan ""August"" Lindberg (3 September 1846"
"To Damascus To Damascus (), also known as ""The Road to Damascus"", is a trilogy of plays by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The first two parts were published in 1898, with the third following in 1904. It has been described as ""Strindberg's most complex play"" and as ""his greatest play,"" due to its ""synthesis of a wide variety of myths, symbols and ideas with a profound spiritual analysis in a new dramatic form."" Strindberg began writing ""Part 1"" in January 1898 in France and by 8 March he had completed the manuscript. This marked the first time that Strindberg"