Miss Julie
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Weekend Guide: Theater...new play. Acorn Theatre, 410 W. 42nd St.; 212-279-4200. Opens Monday. "AFTER MISS JULIE": **½ In Patrick Marber's remake of Strindberg's "Miss Julie," Sienna Miller doesn't disgrace herself, which is saying something in these days of marquee... In this article: David Mamet, Memphis, Schmaltz, Miss Julie, Hamlet, After Miss Julie, Oleanna, God of Carnage, and Stephen Flaherty |
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | 4 days ago
Jude Law's conduct fails to impress Sienna Miller's sister Savannah
...designer, at the Walpole Awards for Excellence, in the Banqueting House in Whitehall. "She was absolutely amazing and her role in Miss Julie suits her so well." An audience with Queen Helen Ever more regal since she won an Oscar for...
In this article: Sienna Miller, Jude Law, Helen Mirren, New York, Oscar, After Miss Julie, and Jonny Lee Miller
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The Daily Campus | 4 days ago
The Broadway climate for the 2009 holiday season
...high-profile actors and actresses. While these shows tend to have shorter runs on Broadway, many are still open through the holidays. "Miss Julie," a play emphasizing sexual awakening in the 1940s, stars Sienna Miller in the title role.
In this article: Jude Law, The show, Sienna Miller, Hollywood, IP Address, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Hamlet, August Strindberg, and Hugh Jackman
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AP Online | 5 days ago
B'way ticket availability through Sunday, Nov. 22
...in Keith Huff's drama about two Chicago policemen. Gerald Schoenfeld. Limited engagement through Dec. 6. Telecharge. Difficult. -"After Miss Julie." Sienna Miller, Jonny Lee Miller and Marin Ireland star in the Roundabout Theatre Company...
In this article: Broadway, Ticketmaster, Roundabout Theatre Company, Disney, St. James, South Street Seaport, Chicago, and Coal
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New York Post: Entertainment | November 12, 2009
Weekend Guide: Theater
In this article: Memphis, Schmaltz, Hamlet, After Miss Julie, God of Carnage, and American Airlines
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Independent.co.uk - Theater | October 26, 2009
Bedroom Farce/Miss Julie, Rose Theatre, Kingston
The Rose Theatre's "Behind Closed Doors" season pairs August Strindberg's 1888 tragedy Miss Julie with Alan Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce. Why? As a theme, "Behind Closed Doors" is flimsy: "Plays Set in a Room" or "Plays About Humans" would...
In this article: Bedroom Farce, Peter Hall, and Alan Ayckbourn
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Reuters | October 23, 2009
Miss Julie update adds little to the original
...would be fascinated by August Strindberg's 1888 classic that broke ground in dealing with the same themes. But his adaptation of "Miss Julie," with the action updated to 1945 on the eve of the historic election that brought the Labor...
In this article: Jonny Lee Miller, After Miss Julie, Patrick Marber, Closer, August Strindberg, and Sienna Miller
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Miss Julie (Fröken Julie) is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg dealing with class, love/lust, the battle of the sexes, and the interaction among them. Set on midsummer night of 1874 on the estate of a Count in Sweden, the young woman of the title, attempting to escape an existence cramped by social mores and have a little fun, dances at the servants' annual midsummer party, where she is drawn to a senior servant, a footman named Jean, who is particularly well-traveled, well-mannered and well-read. The action takes place in the kitchen of Miss Julie's father's manor; here Jean's fiancée, a servant named Kristin, cooks and sometimes sleeps while Jean and Miss Julie talk.
The plot is primarily concerned with power in its various forms. Miss Julie has power over Jean because she is upper-class. Jean has power over Miss Julie because he is male and uninhibited by aristocratic values. The count, Miss Julie's father (an unseen character), has power over both of them since he is a nobleman, an employer, and a father.
On this night, behavior between Miss Julie and Jean which was previously a flirtatious contest for power rapidly escalates to a love relationship—or is it just lust?—that is fully consummated. Over the course of the play, Miss Julie and Jean battle for control, which swings back and forth between them until Jean convinces her that the only way to escape her predicament is to kill herself.
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