The Serious Game
Egil Törnqvist
- Title
- Drama as Text and Performance
- Subtitle
- Strindberg's and Bergman's Miss Julie
- Author
- Egil Törnqvist
- Price
- € 54,95 excl. VAT
- ISBN
- 9789085550686
- Format
- Paperback
- Number of pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 23 - 08 - 2012
- Dimensions
- 15.6 x 23.4 cm
- Discipline
- Film, Media, and Communication
Foreword 7
Strindberg’s Miss Julie 10
The text 10
The preface 11
Reader or spectator? 12
Time and place 17
Action 19
Characters 20
Configurations 25
Entrances and exits 27
Speech situations 29
Addressing and reporting 37
Narration 44
Dialogue 53
Key words 64
Symbolism 71
Opening 75
Mimes 78
Ballet 79
Ending 80
“A Naturalistic Tragedy” 82
Bergman’s Miss Julie 91
Conclusions 121
Photos from the performance 126
Förord 139
Strindbergs Fröken Julie 142
Texten 142
Photos from the performance
Egil Törnqvist
Drama as Text and Performance
Strindberg's and Bergman's Miss Julie
This bilingual English-Swedish study of August Strindberg’s renowned play Miss Julie (1888) provides a penetrating analysis of the author’s text and of Ingmar Bergman’s praised 1985 production. The book is a paradigmatic illustration of similarities and differences between text and performance. The Bergman part is highlighted by a number of black-and-white illustrations from the stage performance. The complete text is also available on the website www.missjulie.eu, where a great many stills and some moving images can be found.
Author
Egil Törnqvist
Egil Törnqvist (19.12.1932 - 9.3.2015) was professor emeritus of Scandinavian studies at the University of Amsterdam, author of Drama as Text and Performance, and a leading Strindberg and Bergman scholar. In 2004, he received the renowned Strindberg Prize.
