Jermyn Street theatre, London The Swedish dramatist's life is shown to echo his plays in a new production about his obsession with alchemy and his relationships with three women'Death to poetry, long live science!" So cries August Strindberg in Howard Brenton's new play about the period when the Swedish dramatist renounced drama to pursue his obsession with alchemy and the occult. But, while Brenton's play has a stra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AM on September 13, 2017