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VICTORIA BENEDICTSSON (1850 - 1888) |
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Nationality: Swedish Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Victoria Benedictsson was born as Victoria Maria Bruzelius in rural Sweden in 1850. She was brought up by her father and received an extensive education, which was at that time reserved mainly for boys. When she was twenty-one, she married the widower Christian Benedictsson, who brought with him five children from his previous marriage. She is known mainly for her novels dealing with social issues as well as a number of stories about country life and other novels dealing with social issues. Her play, The Enchantment (written in 1888), was only discovered and published after her death and not performed until 1910. Following the success of her novel Money (published under a male pseudonym), Victoria Benedictsson moved to Stockholm, where she quickly became involved in literary circles, befriending Ibsen and Strindberg, who supposedly based the character of Miss Julie on her. At that time she also met the literary critic Georg Brandes, with whom she embarked on a scandalous and very public affair. Following his rejection of her as a lover, and, more importantly, a writer (he refused to review her novel), she committed suicide in 1888.
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Victoria Benedictsson
Container, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh: Fringe Festival (inside an actual container lorry) >>> | 2007 | ||||
Organisations: | Nimble Fish/Underbelly/Escalator East To Edinburgh/Creative Partnerships Thames Gateway | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1848420731 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #70594 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Victoria Bendictsson. Adapted by Clare Bayley. Fringe First Award for outstanding new writing on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe | |||||
| a harrowing, intense drama about people-trafficking, set inside a container lorry. a freight container, somewhere in Europe. Inside are five people with one common aim: to reach England and start a new life. Can they trust the agent to get them there? Can they rely on each other? and how far will each of them go to get what they want? | |||||
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Enchantment, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1854599995 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69381 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Victoria Bendictsson. from A literal translation by Ben Anderman | |||||
| Set in Paris in the 1880s, The Enchantment tells the story of Louise Strandberg, a young Swedish woman who finds herself swept up in a passionate and tragic affair with Gustave alland, famous artist and philanderer. The play is a startlingly honest reflection of the Victoria Benedictsson's own experiences. | |||||
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