August Strindberg

When Axel Borg's attempts to introduce innovations into the declining fishing industry of the Stockholm archipelago fail, he seeks solitude

A Dream Play was written in 1901 by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg. It was first performed in Stockholm on 17 April 1907. It remains one of Strindberg's most admired and influential dramas, seen as an important precursor to both dramatic Expressionism and Surrealism.