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Title: Miss Julie and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics) by August Strindberg, Michael Robinson, Johan A. Strindberg ISBN: 0-19-283317-0 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: February, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: preferable for annotations, but a few minor problems
Comment: I read The Father and the first part of Miss Julie in the University of California translation and then the rest of the plays in this one, and as far as I can tell neither seems more awkward than the other--but the Oxford translation holds the major advantage in that it contains copious notes on the many obscure literary and sociocultural references throughout the plays. I noticed that in at least some sections in the UC version the obscurities are ironed out (the English translation for "biblia pauperum" is incorporated into the text, and in The Father a reference to a book by an 18th century author unknown outside Sweden, unnecessary to the action, becomes "a book"), but there are many other cases where it is simply passed over without a mention. Granted, if you are buying a copy or multiple copies of the plays in order to perform them, it is unlikely that the references will be useful, but for those interested in a critical reading of them, the Oxford edition will undoubtedly be favorable. It is also mentioned that this edition draws off of the most recent versions of the original works being published as a set in Sweden, but since I have no knowledge of Swedish and there are no examples in either edition of the translation in progress, I can't really comment on that.
A minor point with the Oxford edition is that it seems very sloppily assembled at times, which is a bit surprising given the usual quality level in this series. For instance, the page-formatting was done inaccurately, so that whenever a parenthesis for a stage direction falls at the end of a line, it is cut off--and this occurs all throughout the book, not a crucial problem by any means, but just an unsettling indication of carelessness. There are also several spelling errors in the plays, and a couple misquotations in the annotations. Once again, these are not crucial flaws, but a little sloppiness can make the reader wonder what else was neglected which may have slipped past his awareness.
Overall, despite the flaws, this is the edition of Strindberg's major plays to have for a reader who is interested in not only performing but also studying the works.
(Edit, 2/11/04: I've just discovered that the parenthesis usage is standard practice for texts of plays in Britain, so my comments about that issue can be disregarded.)
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Title: Four Major Plays: A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, the Master Builder (Oxford World's Classics) by James McFarlane, Jens Arup, Henrik Johan Ibsen ISBN: 0192833871 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht ISBN: 1559702524 Publisher: Arcade Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1994 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Four Major Plays: A Doll House, the Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler, the Master Builder by Henrik Johan Ibsen, Rolf Fjelde ISBN: 0451524063 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: September, 1989 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Five Plays: Ivanov, the Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and the Cherry Orchard (OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS) by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Ronald Hingley ISBN: 0192834126 Publisher: Anvil Press Poetry Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Nine Plays of the Modern Theater by Harold Clurman ISBN: 0802150322 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: December, 1988 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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