of none but Strindberg's plays.

How he is estimated today in his own country may be judged by the
following extract from an article which appeared in a recent issue
of the leading periodical of Stockholm:

"For over thirty years he has dissected us from every point of
view; during that time his name has always been conspicuous in
every book-shop window and his books gradually push out the others
from our shelves; every night his plays are produced at the
theatres; every conversation turns on him, and his is the name the
pigmies quarrel over daily; the cry is heard that he has become
hysterical, sentimental, out of his mind, but the next one knows,
he is robustness itself, and enduring beyond belief, despite great
need, enmity, sorrow. One hour one is angry over some extravagance
which he has allowed himself, the next captivated by one of his
plays, stirred, melted, strengthened and uplifted by his sublime
genius."




THE FATHER


CHARACTERS

A CAPTAIN OF CAVALRY
LAURA, his wife
BERTHA, their daughter