Miss Julie

American  

noun

1. a play (1888) by Strindberg.

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Example Sentences

This version of “Les Blancs,” set in a turbulent African country set on a post-colonial future, was directed for the National Theatre in 2016 by Yael Farber, whose credits include an extraordinary adaptation of August Strindberg’s “Miss Julie.”

From Washington Post

The women’s charges readily fall into factions — and for many the turf war is an amusing sideshow — but when Olivia falls deeply for Miss Julie’s pointed charms, a thorny drama emerges of forbidden love curled inside a forbidding misuse of power.

From Los Angeles Times

Past productions include “The Dudleys,” a family drama told in the style of an eight-bit video game, and an adaptation of Strindberg’s “Miss Julie,” reset in an investment bank and staged in their former apartment, in downtown Brooklyn.

From The New Yorker

The hour-long piece, about an Israeli actress and Palestinian actor who attempt to stage an Israeli version of a sexually charged classic play, August Strindberg’s “Miss Julie,” depicts the killing of the Palestinian by Israeli intelligence agents, who have been eavesdropping on the rehearsals.

From Washington Post

Burrows, the appealing British star who was seductively mercurial in Mike Figgis' underrated film adaptation of August Strindberg's "Miss Julie" and is best known these days for her role on the Amazon series "Mozart in the Jungle," flails about the stage like an actor who isn't given enough to do but recap her character's story.

From Los Angeles Times