Miss Julie and the Stronger

Frank McGuinness presents scintillating new versions of two of August Strindberg''s plays -- one a major work the other less well known. . Miss Julie is Strindberg''s examination of power sex and class set on a midsummer''s eve in a nobleman''s house and focusing on the shifting relationship between Miss Julie the daughter of the house and Jean her father''s manservant. . The Stronger is a short play that explores the complex range of emotions felt by Madame X when she encounters Mademoiselle Y her husband''s former mistress at a fashionable cafe. Calling Mademoiselle Y worn out and evil Madame X says that the triumph of her marriage proves she is the stronger of the two -- even though these words ring hollow as she attempts to deceive only herself.