The Enchantment
from 24th July to 1st November 2007
One sunny day in Paris, Gustave Alland, famous artist and
philanderer, visits Louise Strandberg – convalescing in her brother's
studio – and casts her effortlessly under his spell. In a vain attempt
to escape, she exiles herself to her provincial hometown in Sweden. But a
letter propels her back to Paris and into his arms. And for a brief moment,
before the horror, ecstasy is hers.
Victoria Benedictsson, groundbreaking Swedish novelist
and playwright, was the inspiration for Strindberg's Miss Julie. She had
a scandalous affair which led to her suicide soon after completing the play,
in 1888.
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"A modern classic of the power of
erotic attraction… Played
with knife-edge intensity" Sunday Express
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