![]() Finally, she returns to Heaven and this moment corresponds to the awakening from a dream-like sequence of events. After experiencing all sorts of human suffering (for example poverty, cruelty, and the routine of family life), the daughter of gods realizes that human beings are to be pitied. She meets about 40 characters, some of them having a clearly symbolical value (such as four deans representing theology, philosophy, medicine, and law). She descends to Earth to bear witness to problems of human beings. The primary character in the play is Agnes, a daughter of the Vedic god Indra. It remains one of Strindberg's most admired and influential dramas, seen as an important precursor to both dramatic Expressionism and Surrealism. It was first performed in Stockholm on 17 April 1907. For in all the play: There is not one word apt, one player fitted.Ī Dream Play (Swedish: Ett drömspel) was written in 1901 by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg. ![]() But by ten words, my lord, it is too long, Which makes it tedious. ![]() A play there is, my lord, some ten words long, Which is as brief as I have known a play. Director Katie Mitchell Further production details Background pack written by Jonathan Croall, journalist and theatrical biographer, and author of three books in the series ‘The National. A Dream Play By August Strindberg, in a new version by Caryl Churchill With additional material by Katie Mitchell and the Company.
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