Synopsis
Miss Julie - Freedom Summer
$13
Stephen Sachs from August Strindberg
Published by Dramatists Play Service
1 Male 2 Female
This re-imagined adaptation of August Strindberg's masterpiece is set in Mississippi on the night of July 4, 1964
Two days after the signing of the Civil Rights Act during the explosive Freedom Summer of the Civil Rights Era
The white Miss Julie and her black chauffeur, John, struggle for independence and freedom from the personal and social demons that bind them
This sexually-charged social drama explores racial and sexual tensions in a riveting struggle for power, freedom, and social change
REVIEWS
"First class! Smoldering a gripping piece of theater" ~ The Hollywood Reporter
"August Strindberg, step aside. Stephen Sachs has taken Miss Julie and made her his own ... a breathtaking adaptation" ~ The Vancouver Sun
" smolders with relevance and passion ... Sachs has kept Strindberg's basic plot about sex, power and entrapment. But he's raised the stakes incredibly" ~ Now Magazine (Toronto)
"The best production of Miss Julie, either straight up or with a twist, that I have seen. This doesn't pretend to be the original play; it's a new text that follows the old one closely, but not exactly, while grabbing at what's most vital about it" ~ National Post (Toronto).
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