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Miss Julie (other)
''Miss Julie'' is a play by August Strindberg. Miss Julie may also refer to: *Miss Julie (Rorem opera), ''Miss Julie'' (Rorem opera) by Ned Rorem *Miss Julie (Alwyn opera), ''Miss Julie'' (Alwyn opera) by William Alwyn *Julie (Boesmans opera), ''Julie'' (Boesmans opera) by Philippe Boesmans *Miss Julie (1922 film), ''Miss Julie'' (1922 film), a 1922 German silent drama film *Miss Julie (1951 film), ''Miss Julie'' (1951 film), directed by Alf Sjöberg *Miss Julie (1999 film), ''Miss Julie'' (1999 film), directed by Mike Figgis *Miss Julie (2014 film), ''Miss Julie'' (2014 film), directed by Liv Ullmann See also *Julie (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Julie
''Miss Julie'' ( sv, Fröken Julie) is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg. It is set on Midsummer's Eve and the following morning, which is Midsummer and the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist. The setting is an estate of a count in Sweden. Miss Julie is drawn to a senior servant, a valet named Jean, who is well-traveled and well-read. The action takes place in the kitchen of Miss Julie's father's manor, where Jean's fiancée, a servant named Christine, cooks and sometimes sleeps while Jean and Miss Julie talk. Themes One theme of the play is Darwinism, a theory that was a significant influence on the author during his naturalistic period. This theme is stated explicitly in the preface, where Strindberg describes his two lead characters, Miss Julie and Jean, as vying against each other in an evolutionary "life and death" battle for a survival of the fittest. The character of Miss Julie represents the last of a dying aristocratic breed and serves to characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
