MISS JULIE
AUGUST 2016
Production
August 23rd — Sat August 27th 2016
The Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse StreetCrew
Directed by: Geraldine Crowley
Written by: August StrindbergCast
Miss Julie: Aleksandra Dimoska
Jean: Shaun Elebert
Christine: Dympna Heffernan
Set on Midsummer’s Eve on the estate of a Swedish Count, the play follows the titular young woman as she is inescapably drawn to Jean, a particularly well-traveled, well-mannered and well-read senior servant.
The action takes place in the kitchen of her father’s manor, where Jean’s fiancée, a servant named Christine toils while Jean and Miss Julie talk. On this night the relationship between the two rapidly escalates to feelings of love, resulting in unforeseen consequences…