""There Are Crimes and Crimes: A Comedy"" is a play written by the renowned Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The play was first performed in 1899 and was published in 1912. The story revolves around a group of characters who are all connected by a series of crimes. The play is set in a small town in Sweden, where the characters are all struggling with their own personal demons. The central character is a young woman named Tekla, who is married to a wealthy man named Adolf. Tekla is unhappy in her marriage and begins an ...
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""There Are Crimes and Crimes: A Comedy"" is a play written by the renowned Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The play was first performed in 1899 and was published in 1912. The story revolves around a group of characters who are all connected by a series of crimes. The play is set in a small town in Sweden, where the characters are all struggling with their own personal demons. The central character is a young woman named Tekla, who is married to a wealthy man named Adolf. Tekla is unhappy in her marriage and begins an affair with a young artist named Gustav. Meanwhile, Adolf is having an affair with a married woman named Frida. As the story unfolds, the characters become entangled in a web of lies and deceit, leading to a series of hilarious misunderstandings and mishaps. The play is a satire of bourgeois society and its moral values, and Strindberg uses humor to expose the hypocrisy of the upper classes. Overall, ""There Are Crimes and Crimes: A Comedy"" is a witty and entertaining play that provides a sharp critique of society's double standards.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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