Janet McTeer in "Miss Julie" by Strindberg (1987) / p10

This TV adaptation of August Strindberg's classic naturalistic play is a chance to see the fabulous Janet McTeer in a very early role. Directed by Michael Simpson.
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Cast:
Janet McTeer as Miss Julie,
Patrick Malahide as Jean,
Sarah Porter as Christine.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0769531/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_S...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Julie

Johan August Strindberg (1849-1912) was a Swedish playwright and writer. He is known as one of the developers of modern theatre. His work is of two major literary styles, Naturalism and Expressionism. Miss Julie (Swedish: Fröken Julie) is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg dealing with class, love/lust, the battle of the sexes , and the interaction among them. Set on midsummer night of 1874 on the estate of a Count in Sweden, the young woman of the title, attempting to escape an existence cramped by social mores and have a little fun, dances at the servants' annual midsummer party, where she is drawn to a senior servant, a footman named Jean, who is particularly well-traveled, well-mannered and well-read. The action takes place in the kitchen of Miss Julie's father's manor; here Jean's fiancée, a servant named Kristin, cooks and sometimes sleeps while Jean and Miss Julie talk. The plot is primarily concerned with power in its various forms. Miss Julie has power over Jean because she is upper-class. Jean has power over Miss Julie because he is male and uninhibited by aristocratic values. The count, Miss Julie's father (an unseen character), has power over both of them since he is a nobleman, an employer, and a father. Over the course of the play, Miss Julie and Jean battle for control, which swings back and forth between them until Jean convinces her that the only way to escape her predicament is to kill herself.

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