Posted in 14 presentations, uncategorized tagged arts, baxter theatre center, bongile mantsai, hilda cronje, live theatre, mies julie, the cultch, the vancouver east cultural. He still owns one of the dairy barns in the background where he once milked 70 cows with his wife, julie. Director dexter bullard never lets the tension subside, from the first moment that julie heather chrisler and john jalen gilbert are alone in the farm kitchen. This lovehate story between julie, the daughter of a landowner and john, her fathers favourite black servant, in a conservative area of south africa, is powerful and intense. Mies julie gay lesbian bi trans news archive windy city times. Dairy farmer tells of his sons opioid addiction, along with. Bmw chrysler asian brands citroen ferrari fiat ford. Julie as the white daughter of a wealthy farmer and john as the. The play itself has not just been modified to serve a new surrounding, it has completely reimagined in light of and made subject to the material realities of modernday south africa. In 20, yael farbers adapted august strindbergs naturalistic drama miss julie into a contemporary play, set in south africas cape karoo.
According to the narrative of mies julie, twentyseven years later, south africas wounds are justthinly scarred over and the memory of violently enforced racial. Her story about the legacy of injustice in a posttraumatic society is an unforgettable performance. Originally from south africa, she had two recurring roles on the television drama erfsondes. Nov, 20 over the course of 90 electric minutes, mies julie details the waves of resentment, mistrust, dependence, helplessness and, yes, possibly even love that course back and forth between mies. Theres plenty in mies julie to get audiences talking. South african heat warms mies julie at shakespeare theatre. But for writerdirector yael farber, who has seen her production travel the world since its south african premiere last year, the.
Jun 02, 2018 mies julie also drives into another law, the immorality act no. Apr 09, 2014 mies julie runs until apr 19, 2014 at the historic theatre. To strindbergs incompatible social and hereditary determinisms, yael farbers south african mies julie added a xhosa ghost who haunts the farm kitchen built over the grave of christines ancestor. A decade of addiction had brought alex mies to his final day on aug. Nov 14, 20 mies julie does present an instructive lesson. Marie botha mies julie is a rising third year mfa candidate at yale school of drama, where she has been seen in titus andronicus, bulgaria. Miss julie is preceded by an authors preface, which is considered a significant manifesto of naturalism in the theatre. Set in presentday 2012 eastern cape karoo, farbers adaptation casts julie hilda cronje and john bongile mantsai, respectively, as. She is at the forefront of a movement of artists keen. Mies julie is the winner of a number of awards including, the best of edinburgh fringe award, an edinburgh fringe first award and an edinburgh herald angel award. Miss julie project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Miss julie and other plays 1918 edition open library. Julie is enslaved by the expectations of her father, while johns slavery is disguised by employment. Such, at least, is the philosophy of yael farber, the dramatist and director whose adaptation mies julie.
The action takes place in servant johns kitchen on an evening when julie decides to get drunk and revel with her. In december 2012, mies julie was listed in the guardians top ten best theatre picks of 2012 and in the top ten plays of 2012 by the new york times. Strindbergs miss julie is perhaps his most famous play. Yael farber adapted from august strindbergs miss julie at. Gary mies stands on what remains of his dairy farm near garden plain, kansas. Black or white, john and julie both emerge as victims of the same cycle of cruelty, and the only solace is love. Her mies julie was the unqualified favourite of the prestigious edinburgh festival fringe at its international premiere in 2012, and since then it has become one of the most soughtafter touring productions in the world. Anns warehouse, directed by the author is an important contribution to the strindberginspired canonindeed, farbers.
Based on august strindbergs miss julie oberon modern plays ebook. Mies julie an adaptation of august strindbergs miss. Fresh from its triumphant tours to new york and london, mies julie returns to south african soil. Farbers 20 production of nirbhaya writer and director received four international awards and toured extensively to critical acclaim and her 2015 world premiere. Midsummer nights celebrations are in full swing but the counts daughter, the beautiful and imperious miss julie, feels trapped and alone. The classic shakespeare company is presenting two 19th century plays by august strindberg in repertory.
My work will make sure your work has a chance to shine. The south african playwright yael farbers mies julie at st. When strindbergs miss julie was performed in south africa in 1985, the plays crosscolor kiss sparked a national outcry. The penalty would be imprisonment, however, for most. Mar 12, 20 this sultriness seems to have seeped into mies julie s limbs. Miss julie by august strindberg english adaptation by robert bethune characters miss julie, the unmarried daughter of a count who is a wealthy landowner. John bongile mantsai and julie hilda cronje have grown up sidebyside. Winner at the fleur du cap awards and the edinburgh festival last year, the production has enjoyed. The play mies julie is a south african adaptation, by south african playwright yael farber, of the august strindberg play miss julie set in a farming kitchen in the eastern cape karoo that premiered at the grahamstown national arts festival in 2012.
Mar 06, 20 the play, called mies julie, was a runaway success at edinburgh last year, winning the best of the fringe award, and prompting the guardian s lyn gardner to say julie has never raged quite so. Julie the editor offers professional editing and writing for people in science, medicine and business, and for academics and researchers. Aug 08, 2017 at 90 minutes long, mies julie maintains a tasteofadrenalineonyourtongue level of tension from the very start. Dairy farmer tells of his sons opioid addiction, along. Yael farber is an awardwinning writer and director who was born and raised in johannesburg, south africa. Jun 06, 2018 mies julie is a tense story of a country undergoing political and social revolution, symbolized by the two leading characters.
Bored with her sheltered existence, miss julie attempts to seduce the footman, but gets far more than she bargained for. This drama classics edition is translated and introduced by kenneth mcleish, and also includes the authors preface to the play. Written in a fortnight and often regarded as strindbergs masterpiece, miss julie is shocking in subjectmatter, revolutionary in technique, and was fiercely attacked on publication for immorality. It is set on midsummers eve on the estate of a count in sweden. Yael farbers 2012 adaptation of august strindbergs classic play miss julie entitled mies julie and subtitled restitutions of body and soil since. The young woman of the title is drawn to a senior servant, a valet named jean, who is particularly welltraveled, wellmannered and wellread. Join facebook to connect with julie mies and others you may know. John, her fathers favourite servant, polishes his masters boots, and eyes her. Setting the action takes place in a room in the servants of the counts estate, and in jeans bedroom. Windy city times news archive mies julie playwright. Nov 20, 2012 the south african playwright yael farbers mies julie at st. This sultriness seems to have seeped into mies julie s limbs. It has since been brought to london, the edinburgh festival and new york. Nov 04, 2012 mies julie, a south african adaptation of strindbergs play and a critical hit at the edinburgh festival fringe, is having its american premiere at st.
Froken julie is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by august strindberg. Apr 16, 2014 mies julie has been playing for almost three weeks and has been the breakout hit of our 14 season. Provocative mies julie haunted by the ghosts of apartheid. The action takes place in the kitchen of miss julie s fathers manor, where jeans fiancee. Nov, 2012 mies julie, adapted and directed by yael farber, transposes strindbergs 1888 tale of love, class and madness into contemporary south africa. In it strindberg states that the source of the play is an actual story he once heard, which made a strong impression on him, and which seemed appropriate for tragedy, for it still seems tragic so see someone favored by. Buy julie immo programs car emulator julie worlds most popular car emulator. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. This explosive new version tackles the deeper complexities of south.
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