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Home » August Strindberg

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Holly Robison and Andrew Coopman
Posted inArts & Culture

For Your (Re)Consideration finds dramatic gems from the past with resonances for today

by Kaylen Ralph April 12, 2021August 18, 2021

Ghostlight Ensemble’s online festival celebrates overlooked women playwrights.

Posted inArts & Culture

Mies Julie depicts a postapartheid South Africa still mired in its legacy of colonialism and racism

by Justin Hayford June 6, 2018August 18, 2021

But playwright Yaël Farber’s ambition far outstrips what appears onstage.

Francis Guinan, Tim Hopper, and Helen Sadler
Posted inArts & Culture

The Steppenwolf stage is alive for The Night Alive

by Tony Adler October 1, 2014August 18, 2021

Conor McPherson’s play The Night Alive may not be great, but it’s superb in its goodness.

Ross Lehman (left) and Larry Yando
Posted inArts & Culture

At Chicago Shakespeare, Larry Yando gives us half of a great King Lear

by Tony Adler September 24, 2014August 18, 2021

At Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Larry Yando gives us a Lear that’s part brilliant, part overblown.

Posted inBlogs

Writers Theatre does The Dance of Death

by Tony Adler April 16, 2014August 18, 2021

Conor McPherson calls Strindberg’s tune in a new adapation of The Dance of Death, now at Writers Theatre.

Posted inBlogs

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by Pat Graham November 13, 2008August 19, 2021

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