Strindberg began writing Part 1 in January in France and by 8 March he had completed the manuscript. If you find it impossible, hide it away. The dramatic structure of the first part utilises a circular, palindromic form of the Medieval "station drama". In the "station drama," the hero, whose development is described, is separated in the clearest possible manner from the other figures he meets at the stations along his way.
They appear only in terms of his encounters with them and only from his perspective. They are, thus, references to him. This technique affects radically the way in which time operates in the drama, producing a static and episodic quality to the scenes. All three parts were performed at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh , in a production that opened on 3 April Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects.
Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item. Writing process [ edit ]. Analysis and criticism [ edit ]. Production history [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. Sources [ edit ]. Meyer, Michael. Strindberg: A Biography.
Oxford Lives ser. Oxford: Oxford UP, ISBN X. To Damascus Part 1. In Plays: Three. By August Strindberg. London: Methuen. ISBN Szondi, Peter. Michael Hays. Theory and History of Literature ser. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, Ward, John. The Social and Religious Plays of Strindberg. London: Athlone. Williams, Raymond. Drama from Ibsen to Brecht. London: Hogarth, External links [ edit ]. August Strindberg. Bibliography Paintings. August Strindberg's Little Catechism for the Underclass.
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