The Stronger

The Stronger (Swedish: Den starkare) is an 1889 Swedish play by August Strindberg.[1][2]

This article is about the Strindberg play. For the 1952 opera adaptation, see The Stronger (opera). For other uses, see Stronger (disambiguation).
The Stronger
Written byAugust Strindberg
Date premiered1889
Original languageSwedish
GenreDramatic monologue

The play consists of only one scene. The characters are two women: a "Mrs. X", who speaks, and a "Miss. Y", who is silent, an example of a dramatic monologue.

It was adapted into a 1952 opera by composer Hugo Weisgall and there have been numerous film and television adaptations of the work.

It has also been expanded and adapted into a forty-minute English-language zarzuela with a Madrid setting by Derek Barnes (2010), with text by Christopher Webber.

References
  1. Archive.org
  2. Goodreads


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