Colin Wilson, Strindberg

Nicolas Tredell (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kerry Myler (Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1970

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Play

Resources

Strindberg (1970), Colin Wilson’s first published play, presents a vivid portrait of the Swedish dramatist, novelist, essayist, poet and painter August Strindberg (1849-1912) at the age of 60. As John A. Weigel (1912-98) observes (1975, 120), the play originally appeared as “Playscript 31” in a series brought out by the avant-garde English publisher Calder and Boyars that consisted of experimental dramas such as Kartoteka [The Card Index] by the Polish writer Tadeusz Różewicz (1921–2014); Le Silence and Le Mensonge [Silence and The Lie ](both 1967) by the French practitioner of the nouveau roman Nathalie Sarraute (1900-99); The Cenci (1935), an adaptation by the F…

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Citation: Tredell, Nicolas. "Strindberg". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 October 2014 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=23937, accessed 26 November 2024.]

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