A Dream Play by August Strindberg, Caryl Churchill

64 pages first pub 1901 (editions)

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In Strindberg’s A Dream Play, written in 1901, characters merge into each other, locations change in an instant and a locked door becomes an obsessively recurrent image. As Strindberg himself wrote in his Preface, he wanted “to imitate the disjoin...

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Community Reviews Summary of 184 reviews

Moods

reflective 93%
mysterious 60%
challenging 40%
emotional 33%
dark 20%
funny 20%
sad 20%
inspiring 13%
adventurous 6%
tense 6%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 28%
fast 21%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 61% | Plot: 30% | A mix: 7%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 33% | No: 16%

Loveable characters?

No: 41% | Yes: 33% | It's complicated: 25%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 54% | Yes: 36% | It's complicated: 9%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 41% | No: 33% | Yes: 25%

Average rating

3.33

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