Den Starkare
The Stronger [1] (Swedish: Den starkare) is a 1889 one-act play by August Strindberg. The play is quite short, consisting of only one scene that can be performed in approximately 10 minutes. The characters consist of only two women: a "Mrs. X" and a "Miss. Y", only one of whom speaks, an example of a dramatic monologue.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated from the English into Afrikaans, under the title Die Sterkere, by Marie van Heerden and Madeleine Heyns in 1966.
Performance history in South Africa
1966: Staged by the Libertas Teaterklub in The Cellar, with Marie van Heerden as Miss Y and Madeleine Heyns as Mrs. X, in their own Afrikaans translation, Die Sterkere.
1975: The Afrikaans translation Die Sterkere was presented by Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch in the H.B. Thom Theatre, with Suzanne Britz and Leona Rich, directed by Ria Olivier.
Sources
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