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Lunatic and Lover

on BBC Radio 3

a feature about
August Strindberg (1849-1912) by MICHAEL MEYER with Alan Badel as Strindberg and Sian Phillips as Frida Uhl
' After 60 years of torture, I beg that I may be permitted to depart this life. The little joy I found in it was illusory or false. My work was the only thing worthwhile, but that was largely wasted, or useless, or harmful. Wives, children, home, were all a mockery. Women gave me happiness, but it soon evaporated. Once I sat in the sunlight, on a verandah, under the first green leaves of spring. Then came the darkness. Now I have nothing more to say.'
Produced and directed by JOHN THEOCHARIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Meyer
Unknown:
Alan Badel
Unknown:
Sian Phillips
Unknown:
Frida Uhl
Directed By:
John Theocharis
Adversary:
John Richmond
Siri Von Essen:
Jocelyne Sbath
Harriet Bosse:
Caroline John
Von Wrangel:
Walter Hall
Marie David:
Jane Knowles
Przybyszewski:
Peter Craze
Albert Bonnier:
Jeffrey Segal
August Falck:
Peter Dennis
Anna Strindberg:
Joan Matheson

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