The Bond (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: August Strindberg
- First Published: 1897
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Social criticism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: Sweden
- Principal Characters: Baron Sprengel, Baroness Sprengel, The Judge, The Pastor, Alexandersson, Twelve Jurors
- Genres: Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: Justice, Nineteenth century, Social issues, Law or legislation, Divorce, Sweden or Swedish people, Courts or courtrooms
- Locales: Sweden
Critique:
THE LINK, a one-act play in sixteen scenes, is one of Strindberg’s briefer attempts to deal dramatically with the problems of marriage and divorce—problems which concerned him personally throughput his adult life. (He had experienced the first of his three divorces in 1891, and there are undoubtedly autobiographical connections here.) The “link,” which gives the play its title, is the child of the two people who wish to be separated. The child holds them together when everything else is gone between them; the desire to prevent the child from becoming a...
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