The Ghost Sonata Influences Modern Theater and Drama
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Arts
- Subcategories: Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Entertainment, Entertainers
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Scandinavian History
- Geographical Location: Scandinavia, Stockholm
- Date: January 21, 1908
Article abstract: August Strindberg’s The Ghost Sonata was a critical and commercial failure when first produced, but the play was later recognized as a masterpiece and had a strong effect on the development of modern drama.
Summary of Event
In 1907, the year in which he wrote his play Spöksonaten (The Ghost Sonata, 1916), fifty-eight-year-old August Strindberg was the preeminent Scandinavian dramatist alive; Henrik Ibsen had died the previous year. Strindberg’s plays, like Ibsen’s, had been recognized (although not unequivocally) as...
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