About this title: Written in 1887, the year before Strindberg's most famous play, "Miss Julie", and only a few years after Ibsen's "A Doll's House", "The Father" deals with the same theme of male versus female domination. Laura and Adolf have a daughter, Bertha, whom they both wish to claim as their own. Laura tells Adolf that (in those pre-DNA days) he cannot be sure he is her real father. Wrestling with this thought, driven mad by Laura's malice, and finally betrayed even by Bertha, Adolf is last seen being strapped into a straitjacket...This extraordinarily modern take on the eternal battle of the sexes ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780486432175ISBN:0486432173
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 41 p. Dover Thrift Editions. Audience: General/trade. New and Instock read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Fireside Theatre
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780881451313ISBN:0881451312
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Date Published: 1992-04-25
ISBN-13:9780929587868ISBN:0929587863
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Good. 0929587871 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Fireside Theatre, Garden City NY
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780881451313ISBN:0881451312
Description: Very Good/Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0881451312 s one small tear and top edge wear to dust jacket, text is clean and binding is tight. read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 8.48 by 5 inches. [allow 1-2 weeks transit to europe]. (00041 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
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