At the center is the explosive relationship between Jules, a young aristocrat, and Jean, his servant, a relationship where attraction, desire, and rivalry intertwine in a dangerous game of power. Moving the action to interwar Europe and reversing the gender of Strindberg's protagonist, the play examines the weight of patriarchy that crushes men as well.
At the center is the explosive relationship between Jules, a young aristocrat, and Jean, his servant, a relationship where attraction, desire, and rivalry intertwine in a dangerous game of power. Moving the action to interwar Europe and reversing the gender of Strindberg's protagonist, the play examines the weight of patriarchy that crushes men as well.