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by [[August Strindberg]] (1888). (Swedish: '''Fröken Julie''') is a naturalistic play written in 1888. Strindberg completed it in 1888 and staged its first production in 1889. The play, written in Swedish, was published in expurgated form in Copenhagen in 1889 by Joseph Seligmann (1836-1904), a Swedish publisher. The deleted passages have since been restored. The first production in Stockholm took place in November 1906, at The People's Theatre, with Sacha Sjöström as Kristin, Manda Björling as Miss Julie, and August Falck as Jean. | by [[August Strindberg]] (1888). (Swedish: '''Fröken Julie''') is a naturalistic play written in 1888. Strindberg completed it in 1888 and staged its first production in 1889. The play, written in Swedish, was published in expurgated form in Copenhagen in 1889 by Joseph Seligmann (1836-1904), a Swedish publisher. The deleted passages have since been restored. The first production in Stockholm took place in November 1906, at The People's Theatre, with Sacha Sjöström as Kristin, Manda Björling as Miss Julie, and August Falck as Jean. | ||
| + | Produced by [[Colin Edwards]] for [[CAPAB]] in 1973 with [[Lois Butlin]], [[Roger Dwyer]] and [[Marion Achber]]. | ||
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= South African Adaptations = | = South African Adaptations = | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 27 March 2013
by August Strindberg (1888). (Swedish: Fröken Julie) is a naturalistic play written in 1888. Strindberg completed it in 1888 and staged its first production in 1889. The play, written in Swedish, was published in expurgated form in Copenhagen in 1889 by Joseph Seligmann (1836-1904), a Swedish publisher. The deleted passages have since been restored. The first production in Stockholm took place in November 1906, at The People's Theatre, with Sacha Sjöström as Kristin, Manda Björling as Miss Julie, and August Falck as Jean.
Produced by Colin Edwards for CAPAB in 1973 with Lois Butlin, Roger Dwyer and Marion Achber.
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South African Adaptations
Miss Julie (Bobby Heaney, 1985)
In 1985 Bobby Heaney directed a controversial production of the play, in which the servants Jean (John) and Kirstin (Christine) are black and Miss Julie is a white landowner's daughter. It starred the leading Black actor of the time, John Kani, and Sandra Prinsloo, the leading White Afrikaans actress of her generation, and Natie Rulia. The play premiered in 1985 at Baxter Theatre in Cape Town, then went on to the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, where it met with huge opposition and controversy, including a staged walkout by right-wing Afrikaners on the opening night, and death threats made against the actress. It also visited Edinburgh Festival. A TV film version of this production was made in 1986, with the same cast and directed by Bobby Heaney and Finnish director, Mikael Wahlforss. It was filmed in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and released on the 29 May 1986 in Finland.
Mies Julie (Yael Farber, 2012)
A landmark revival of the 1985 production, entitled Mies Julie, the play was directed and produced by Yael Farber with Bongile Mantsai and Hilda Cronje. *** This version was a sensation in Edinburgh and elsewhere.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Julie
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