''Play Strindberg'' is a comedy play by the Swiss writer
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant- ...
, written in 1968 and published in 1969.
It is a free adaptation of
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 ...
's ''
The Dance of Death
The ''Danse Macabre'' (; ) (from the French language), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory of the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death.
The ''Danse Macabre'' consists of the dead, or a personification ...
'' (1900), using Strindberg's characters. The title is a reference to
Jacques Loussier's ''Play Bach'' series of recordings.
The play premiered in
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (B ...
on 8 February 1969.
See also
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Swiss literature
As there is no dominant national language, the four main languages of French, Italian, German and Romansch form the four branches which make up a literature of Switzerland. The original Swiss Confederation, from its foundation in 1291 up to 1 ...
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1969 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1969.
Events
*February 8 – After 147 years, the last issue of ''The Saturday Evening Post'' in its original form appears in the United States.
*March 23 – Germa ...
References
{{August Strindberg
1969 plays
Adaptations of works by August Strindberg
German-language plays
Plays by Friedrich Dürrenmatt