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‘You – miserable, mean, scribbler of a man. You’re quoting from that play you put me in.’

Abandoning theatre, living a life of squalid splendour, August Strindberg practises alchemy. In his hotel room, he attempts to make gold by finding the philosopher’s stone, the secret of creation. As his grasp on reality weakens, his first two wives visit him to bring him to his senses. But their interventions spin out of control.

For four years in fin-de-siècle Paris, Europe’s most famous playwright vanished. Most people thought he had gone insane. When he reappeared, his new plays changed theatre forever.

Howard Brenton's play The Blinding Light tells the astonishing story of August Strindberg’s ‘Inferno’ period. It premiered at Jermyn Street Theatre, London, in 2017, directed by Tom Littler.

The Blinding Light

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‘You – miserable, mean, scribbler of a man. You’re quoting from that play you put me in.’ Abandoning theatre, living... Read more

    Publisher: Nick Hern Books
    Publication Date: 07/09/2017
    ISBN13: 9781848427068, 978-1848427068
    ISBN10: 1848427069

    Number of Pages: 80

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    ‘You – miserable, mean, scribbler of a man. You’re quoting from that play you put me in.’

    Abandoning theatre, living a life of squalid splendour, August Strindberg practises alchemy. In his hotel room, he attempts to make gold by finding the philosopher’s stone, the secret of creation. As his grasp on reality weakens, his first two wives visit him to bring him to his senses. But their interventions spin out of control.

    For four years in fin-de-siècle Paris, Europe’s most famous playwright vanished. Most people thought he had gone insane. When he reappeared, his new plays changed theatre forever.

    Howard Brenton's play The Blinding Light tells the astonishing story of August Strindberg’s ‘Inferno’ period. It premiered at Jermyn Street Theatre, London, in 2017, directed by Tom Littler.

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