August Strindberg, Oväder

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Stormy Weather

(1907) belongs to what has been called August Strindberg’s post-

Inferno

production. After a religious and psychological crisis in the mid-1890s, depicted in his autobiographical novel

Inferno

(1897), Strindberg’s dramas took a radically innovative, anti-mimetic turn that revolutionized modern drama as we know it today. Moreover,

Stormy Weather

is Opus 1 of a suite of plays known as the Chamber Plays. Other plays in this group include

The House That Burned

(1907),

The Ghost Sonata

(1907),

The Pelican

(1907) and

The Black Glove

(1909). The term “Chamber Play” was inspired by the name of Max Reinhardt’s (1873-1943) theater,

Kammerspiele

, in Berlin. Word of Reinhardt’s expressionistic directing techniques had reached Strindberg, and he no doubt sensed that this was…

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Citation: Brantly, Susan. "Oväder". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 May 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=11353, accessed 13 October 2024.]

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