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Strindberg
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Strind·berg  (strndbûrg, strn-), (Johan) August 1849-1912.
Swedish writer of novels and plays, including Miss Julie (1888) and The Dance of Death (1901), which are noted for their psychological realism.

Strind·bergi·an adj.

Strindberg [ˈstrɪndbɜːg (Swedish) ˈstrɪndbærj]
n
(Biographies / Strindberg, August (1849-1912) M, Swedish, THEATRE: dramatist, WRITING: novelist) August (ˈaugʊst). 1849-1912, Swedish dramatist and novelist, whose plays include The Father (1887), Miss Julie (1888), and The Ghost Sonata (1907)
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Noun1.Strindberg - Swedish dramatist and novelist (1849-1912)Strindberg - Swedish dramatist and novelist (1849-1912)


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Thanks to a Ford Foundation commission engineered by New York City Opera's director Julius Rudel, he began work on his first full-length opera based on a notoriously "difficult play," that intractable virago and Strindbergian cock-tease, Miss Julie.
And if the rambling, Strindbergian work seems an odd choice for Los Angeles Opera.
Alan adds: ``We think the Strindbergian tag was because he used to write a lot about women in closed situations and the Steptoe and Son set-up was essentially female.
 
 
 
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