Format:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Uniform Title:
Mäster Olof
Content:
Olof Persson was a Swedish clergyman whose contribution to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden forms the subject of August Strindberg's first major play. In 'Master Olof' - which Strindberg would revise many times over the years - we witness Persson's series of rebellions, first against the established Church, then against the king, Gustav, with whom he had previously sided, and finally, against the expectations of heroic martyrdom, a fate he eschews in favour of living on to spread the word of Lutheranism. This translation was first broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in January 1986
Note:
Previously published in print: in Plays three. London, Methuen Drama, 1991
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Translated from the Swedish
Language:
English
Keywords:
Drama
DOI:
10.5040/9781408184455.00000004