Question

Siri von Essen was the director of the Scandinavian Experimental Theater, which she co-founded with this author. For 10 points each:
[10e] Von Essen originated the title role of what Swedish author's play Miss Julie?
ANSWER: August ("OH-goost") Strindberg [or Johan August Strindberg]
[10m] With August Falck, Strindberg created the Intima Theater, which used this type of raised stage with a name from the Greek for "before the stage." The audience looks towards this type of stage's namesake "arch."
ANSWER: proscenium ("pro-SEE-nee-um") stage [accept proscenium arch]
[10h] Falck and Strindberg fell out when the Intima Theater staged its only non-Strindberg play, which was this author's The Intruder. This Belgian symbolist wrote the marionette play Interior and The Blue Bird.
ANSWER: Maurice Maeterlinck ("moh-REES MAY-tuh-link") [or Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck]
<Literature - European Literature - Drama>

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