''Easter'' ( sv, Påsk) is a symbolic religious drama from 1901 by Swedish playwright

August Strindberg Johan August Strindberg (, ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than sixty p ...

. The play was produced by the Stockholm ensemble Intima Teatern, which also toured other Scandinavian countries, including performances of ''Påsk'' in

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. It was the first of Strindberg's plays that was staged in

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, premiering at

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in September 1909. A revival set in Harlem and performed with an African American cast was well received.Uplift From a Gloomy Gus: ‘Easter,’ by Strindberg, at the Gene Frankel Theater
by Ken Jaworowski, New York Times, March 21, 2013 That production closed on Easter Sunday, 2013.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Easter 1901 plays Plays by August Strindberg Plays set in Sweden Plays set in the 19th century