Plays 3: Master Olof / Creditors / To Damascus

by August Strindberg, Michael Meyer

The third volume in the series of authoritative Methuen editions of Strindberg's Collected Plays



This volume brings together Strindberg's first great play, Master Olof (1872): 'Michael Meyer's agile translation of a flawed idealist who shrinks from the logic of his own actions and puts compromise before martyrdom' (Guardian); Creditors (1888), portraying a marriage chillingly close to his 'one of the finest of his plays . . . holds one in its icy grip' (Sunday Telegraph); and To Damascus (Part I) (1898), 'a play so packed with ideas and invective that it makes most contemporary dramas seem trivial' (Scotsman). "Michael Meyer is the translator most actors turn to when seeking a definitive text" (Sunday Times)

286 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1955

About the author

Johan August Strindberg, a Swede, wrote psychological realism of noted novels and plays, including Miss Julie (1888) and The Dance of Death (1901).

Johan August Strindberg painted. He alongside Henrik Ibsen, Søren Kierkegaard, Selma Lagerlöf, Hans Christian Andersen, and Snorri Sturluson arguably most influenced of all famous Scandinavian authors. People know this father of modern theatre. His work falls into major literary movements of naturalism and expressionism. People widely read him internationally to this day.

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Reviews

[Takipsilim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Madman, innovator, realist, visionary. To read Strindberg is to experience real-life in all it's complexities. My favorite dramatist.