mellamoger's review
challenging
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
lnatal's review
3.0
From BBC Radio 4 Extra:
A poor student chances on a rich old invalid and is invited to a ghost supper where adultery, murder, deceit and betrayal are stripped bare in the house of the living dead...
August Strindberg's ghoulish masterpiece stars Frank Finlay as the Old Man, Alan Cox as the Student, Frederick Treves as the Colonel, Dorothy Tutin as the Mummy, Saskia Wickham as the Daughter and Trevor Peacock as Johansson.
Original music: Andy Price
Translator: Michael Meyer
Producer: Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1994.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07nsfgr
A poor student chances on a rich old invalid and is invited to a ghost supper where adultery, murder, deceit and betrayal are stripped bare in the house of the living dead...
August Strindberg's ghoulish masterpiece stars Frank Finlay as the Old Man, Alan Cox as the Student, Frederick Treves as the Colonel, Dorothy Tutin as the Mummy, Saskia Wickham as the Daughter and Trevor Peacock as Johansson.
Original music: Andy Price
Translator: Michael Meyer
Producer: Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1994.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07nsfgr
bohowallflower's review
5.0
Such an amazing and creepy play. Strindberg really caught my attention with this one - strange, but interesting symbolism and a very dark plot.
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