After Miss Julie
by Patrick Marber

Name: After Miss Julie
Brand: Patrick Marber
SKU: 9780413711502
Rating: 3.57 (113 reviews)

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Highlights

British

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about this adaptation. While many appreciate the play's intense character dynamics and engaging storyline, some criticise its departure from the original and a lack of authentic tension. The themes of love and class struggle resonate, but opinions about the execution vary widely.

Engaging character dynamicsInteresting change of paceMysterious and darkMaintains momentum from the originalLacks tension and authenticitySome find it disappointing

Synopsis

A new version of a world classic by one of Britain's best-known contemporary playwrights

After Miss Julie relocates August Strindberg's Miss Julie (1888) to an English country house in July 1945.

In this radical re-imagining of theatre's first "naturalistic tragedy" the events of Strindberg's original are transposed to the night of the British Labour Party's "landslide" election victory.

After Miss Julie, written and directed by Patrick Marber, was screened by BBC2 in November 1995 as part of the Performance season.