Dec 17, 2009

The Ghost Sonata | What Do I Read Next?

In a career spanning forty years, August Strindberg wrote 60 plays. Many were never very popular, and are no longer performed, even in the author's native Sweden, but some have become classics of modern dramatic literature. Try reading The Father (1887), Miss Julie (1889), a short one-act play called The Stronger (1889), or his ‘‘dramatic lyrical-fantasy in fourteen scenes,’’ written partly in prose and partly in verse called A Dream Play (1901).

The Ghost Sonata is often considered an early form of twentieth century experimental drama...