Play Strindberg
Play Strindberg is a comedy by Friedrich Dürrenmatt , which premiered on February 8, 1969 in the Basel Theater (Basler Komödie). It has a playing time of about an hour and a half. It is a adaptation of the drama The Death Dance by August Strindberg , which was published in 1900.
people
- Alice, former actress
- Edgar, former military writer
- Kurt, cousin of Alice
action
Alice and Edgar have been married for 25 years and live on an island. The old couple wages their marital war, which obviously goes in circles in repetitive phrases. Each accuses the other of being to blame for their own dissatisfaction. Alice's cousin Kurt has signed up to visit that evening. But he doesn't really want to stay long to visit his future boss, the doctor, who gives a company to which the old couple is not invited. But an old affair between Alice and Kurt and Kurt's past as a dubious businessman make the visit go differently than planned.
To the music in the piece
Johan Halvorsen's entry march of the boyars from 1896 on the one hand and Solveig's song from Edvard Grieg's well-known incidental music for Peer Gynt from 1876 on the other hand characterize the protagonists Edgar and Alice. The latter is the lament of a woman grieving for an unfaithful lover, the first a jagged military march . Both have their origin in the nationalist dominated Norwegian romance .
expenditure
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt: Play Strindberg. Diogenes Verlag, 2nd ed. Oct. 1998, ISBN 3-257-23052-4 .
Web links
- Reading sample: August Strindberg: ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Dödsdansen ) (swed .; Der Todestanz), Kindler's literary dictionary . Last accessed: October 8, 2010.