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The Father (W: 1887; P: 1887)

Strindberg, August (1849-1912) Translated by Edith and Warner Oland 1912

Source-

Strindberg, August. The Father. Edited by Edmund R Brown. Translated by Edith Oland and Warner Oland, Boston International Packet Library, 1912.

Characters- Eight cast members total. Three women, four men, and the orderly’s gender is never specified.

A Captain of Cavalry Laura- his wife Bertha- their daughter Doctor Östermark The Pastor The Nurse Nöjd An Orderly

Setting-

The Father is set in 1887, the present time of when the play was written. The entire play takes place in one room, the Captain’s sitting room.

Synopsis-

Act I Nöjd has gotten a servant girl named Emma pregnant and the Captain sends an Orderly to bring Nöjd to face the Pastor. When Nöjd talks with the pastor he hints that the paternity of the child isn’t so certain and that Ludwig could be the father rather than him. The Pastor tells Nöjd he must support the child regardless, but Nöjd doesn’t think he should be the only one to contribute if the paternity isn’t known and the Captain sentences the case to go to court, Nöojd exits and the Captain tells the judge that he was much to gentle on the man. The Pastor says that he thinks it a pity to put
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She gives such examples as buying books he never reads, looking for life other places through his microscope, and being unable to stand by his own decisions even though he is heated when he first makes one. Just as a bell rings to pull Laura away the Captain enters. He talks briefly with the Doctor about where the Doctor would like to stay in the house, then the Nurse enters and the Captain talks with here telling his fears that he feels his family is plotting against him and that something bad or evil seems to be coming

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