The Stronger

This article is about the Strindberg play. For the 1952 opera adaptation, see The Stronger (opera). For other uses, see Stronger (disambiguation).

The Stronger
Written by	August Strindberg
Date premiered	1889
Original language	Swedish
Genre	Dramatic monologue

The Stronger (Swedish: Den starkare) is an 1889 Swedish play by August Strindberg.^[1]^[2]

The play consists of only one scene. The characters are two women: a "Mrs. X", who speaks, and a "Miss. Y", who is silent, an example of a dramatic monologue.

It was adapted into a 1952 opera by composer Hugo Weisgall and there have been numerous film and television adaptations of the work.

It has also been expanded and adapted into a forty-minute English-language zarzuela with a Madrid setting by Derek Barnes (2010), with text by Christopher Webber.

References

August Strindberg

Bibliography Paintings

Drama works	The Outlaw Master Olof The Father Miss Julie Creditors Pariah The Stronger To Damascus Easter The Dance of Death A Dream Play The Ghost Sonata The Great Highway

Prose works	The Red Room Getting Married The Son of a Servant The People of Hemsö The Defence of a Fool Inferno Alone

Paintings	The Town

Related topics	Strindbergs Intima Teater Strindberg Museum Strindbergmuseum Saxen

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