After Miss Julie

After Miss Julie is a play which relocates August Strindberg's naturalist tragedy, Miss Julie (1888), to an English country house in July 1945. The re-imagining of the events of Strindberg's original are transposed to the night of the British Labour Party's "landslide" election victory. There are only three characters in After Miss Julie; Miss Julie, a rich lady in her 20s, and two servants: John, a valet/chauffer, aged 30, and Christine, a cook ... more

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  • Nov 20, 2003
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Patrick Marber

Patrick Albert Crispin Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English comedian, playwright, director, actor and screenwriter. Marber was born in London, England, the son of a financial analyst, and was raised in Wimbledon. Educated at St Paul's School, Cranleigh School and Wadham College, Oxford,...
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