Details

Written in 1888 by August Strindberg, Miss Julie is set on Midsummer's Eve on the estate of a Count in Sweden. Miss Julie finds herself drawn to a named Jean, who is particularly well-travelled, well-mannered and well-read but he is engaged to the cook, Christine. Miss Julie and Jean's relationship escalates rapidly to feelings of love and is subsequently consummated. Over the course of the play Miss Julie and Jean battle until Jean convinces her that the only way to escape her predicament is to commit suicide.

Cast/Performers

Aisling O'Sullivan (Miss Julie), Christopher Eccleston (Jean), Maxine Peake (Kristin)

Creatives/Company

Author: August Strindberg
Adapted by: Frank McGuinness
Producer(s): Thelma Holt Ltd, Bill Kenwright Ltd
Director: Michael Boyd
Design: Tom Piper
Lighting: Rick Fisher
Sound: Scott Myers
Choreographer: Liz Ranken

Miss Julie

Miss Julie (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01857399706. Details of all Miss Julie archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S4241

Archive Listings

23 Feb 00 to 27 May 00	Theatre Royal Haymarket West End, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive
8 Feb 00 to 19 Feb 00	Theatre Royal Windsor Windsor, Berkshire Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

The Daily Telegraph: 11Jan01:
This is an intelligent, notably well-acted production of a fascinatingly unpleasant play. Turn up the heat a couple of notches and it could prove sensational.

The Times: 11Jan01:
Strindberg would have admired [Aisling O Sullivan] s adventurous switches between baffled passivity and screeching rage. [Christopher Eccleston] s Jean, with his northern accent and slicked-back hair, has all the vigour and energy a Strindbergian man could want, but his own insecurities too. Both main performances keep you thinking, judging, sympathising, not sympathising at all.

User Reviews

The Daily Telegraph (11Jan01): This is an intelligent, notably well-acted production of a fascinatingly unpleasant play. Turn up the heat a couple of notches and it could prove sensational.

The Times (11Jan01): Strindberg would have admired [Aisling O Sullivan] s adventurous switches between baffled passivity and screeching rage. [Christopher Eccleston] s Jean, with his northern accent and slicked-back hair, has all the vigour and energy a Strindbergian man could want, but his own insecurities too. Both main performances keep you thinking, judging, sympathising, not sympathising at all.

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