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This war of words, which takes up most of the play, proves a Freudian playground, as Julie and Jean reveal the deep-seated psychological reason behind the simultaneous attraction and loathing each feels for the other. But Miss Julie is more than just a battle of the sexes. The play is also a condemnation of an aristocracy so decadent that its hypocrisy has infected the servant class as well. It has been argued that Strindberg is a misogynist who places too much of the blame on Julie and punishes her too harshly. But Jean proves to be just as manipulative...
According to Cleary, a great Freudian cloud hung over the Harvard bench. Win? How could...
Both the audience and the other characters disbelieve her at first, but that does not faze the Dutch specialist. Andra Gordon plays this pipe-toting Freudian with the zeal of a religious fanatic--and, thankfully, without a phony accent...
THERE is nothing sudden about Suddenly Last Summer. In fact, the play is rather excruciating. Tennessee Williams' awesome drama combines all the horror of a 19th century gothic tale with a 20th century Freudian's worst nightmare...
HAMLET. Zeljko Ivanek, one of the nation's ablest young performers, scales the Everest of acting in a richly Freudian production at Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater...