#strindberg

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Grace Kelly as Bertha, the captain’s daughter, in August Strindberg’s The Father, starring Raymond Massey, who also directed. The production ran from November 16, 1949 to January 14, 1950 at the Cort (now the James Earl Jones) Theater.

Photo: Associated Press via CBS News

[eve-rickmaniac1979]

Rehearsal archive – The Creditors, Tricycle Theatre, 2010

Photographer: Hazel Thompson The photos were taken during rehearsals of August Strindberg’s “The Creditors”, directed by Alan Rickman. Rehearsals took place ahead of the production’s tour at Brooklyn Academy of Music, USA.

📸 (remaining rehearsal and staged photos follow below, from lesser-known shots to more posed images)

Source: Russian-language fan archive alanrickman.ru

All credit goes to the original photographers and respective sources. Shared for archival and appreciation purposes.

[hexjulia]

y.you feel as full as what mr strindberg.

[blake-ritson-love]

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, The Dance of Death

Conor McPherson’s darkly comic version of Strindberg’s classic about a toxic marriage.

BBC Radio 3 - The Dance of Death, new audio drama starring Blake Ritson, Hattie Morahan & Robert Glenister. The drama is available for online listening till Dec 10.

[tierradentro]

“The Town”, 1903, August Strindberg.

[notallsandmen]

The epitome of 19th century literary bromance: August Strindberg writing to Verner von Heidenstam and asking whether he would like to order condoms from the pharmacy together, to save on shipping costs

[solkatts-svenska]

Fröken Julie: Vokabulär (delar I och II)

spis (en) — stove

stekpanna (en) — frying pan

steka — to fry

bomull (en) — cotton

köksförkläde (ett) — kitchen apron

sporra (ett) — spur

galen — crazy

greve (en) — earl

loge (en) — dressing room

bli varse (någon/något) — to notice

förlovning (en) — engagement

bjuda ut till — to invite to

slå ut — disable, cancel, call off

besynnerlig — peculiar, odd

generad — embarrassed

släkting (en) — relative

kalabalik (en) — fuss, uproar

fästman (en) — fiancé

låtsa (att + clause/infinitive) — to pretend

kinkig — picky

Gud bevare X — God save X

smeksam — affectionate

lugga (någon) — pull someone’s hair

ömtålig — sensitive

återvända — to return

lukta — to smell

ta vara på — take care of

avundsjuk (på) — jealous (of)

emellertid — however, meanwhile

lova — to promise

spå — to foretell, to tell fortune

artig — polite

oförskämd — rude

bero på — to depend on

i synnerhet — in particular

klok — wise, sensible

nedlåtande — condescending

uppriktig — sincere

smickra — to flatter

överdriva — to exaggerate

blygsamhet (en) — modesty

veritabel — true, veritable

gnola — to hum, murmur

[sammeldeineknochen]

Der Begriff des Fortschritts ist in der Idee der Katastrophe zu fundieren. Dass es 'so weiter' geht, ist die Katastrophe. Sie ist nicht das jeweils Bevorstehende sondern das jeweils Gegebene. Strindbergs Gedanke: die Hölle ist nichts, was uns bevorstünde - sondern dieses Leben hier.

Walter Benjamin: “Charles Baudelaire”, S.179