Creditors (August Strindberg Rep)
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Creditors (August Strindberg Rep)
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Creditors (August Strindberg Rep) NYC Reviews and Tickets

56%
(20 Ratings)
Positive
45%
Mixed
35%
Negative
20%
Members say
Intense, Great acting, Thought-provoking, Absorbing, Excruciating

About the Show

In August Stringberg's drama, a credulous artist has his mind poisoned against his wife by her former husband, during an afternoon in a lounge at a seaside resort. Part of the 2018 Dream Up Festival.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (20)

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683 Reviews | 161 Followers
70
Psychologically acute, Inadequate, Wordy, Well constructed, Historically important

See it if you want to see a production of a rarely performed, historically important play by one of the founding figures of modern theater.

Don't see it if theater history doesn't matter enough to you to justify sitting through an inadequate production of a rarely performed classic play . Read more

121 Reviews | 22 Followers
69
Dated, Historically interesting, Psycho-sexual

See it if Glad I got to see this play, especially from a historical standpoint: of seeing a crucial work in the development of naturalist theater.

Don't see it if Directorially I wasn't convinced as to why I was watching *this* play *now*. A difficult text, the actors seemed to work in differing styles Read more

1122 Reviews | 324 Followers
68
Banal, Disappointing, Intelligent, Confusing, Quirky

See it if you want to see three actors in an old style drama bring about multiple tensions in a one scene play with good sound effects and lighting.

Don't see it if you have hearing difficulty: a cavernous venue where voices bounce around and the soft voice of the actress is lost when not to the audience

114 Reviews | 9 Followers
65
Intense, Cliched, Unbalanced cast

See it if you are interested in psychological plays revolving about the nature of love and the power of women over the men who love them.

Don't see it if intense plays about dysfunctional inter-personal relationships do not attract you.

50 Reviews | 28 Followers
60
Great acting, Overwrought, Funny, Banal, Dated

See it if You like 19 Century comedies, with actors doing the best they can with the material.

Don't see it if you are not a fan of period plays .

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243 Reviews | 67 Followers
60
The games people play(ed), Excruciating

See it if You want to be exhausted by the cat and mouse game of romantic love in one of Strindberg's densest and least successful plays.

Don't see it if You want to sit in a cavernous, hot, black box straining to get every tick and twist of plot- could possibly come alive with the right cast. Read more

297 Reviews | 78 Followers
55
Weak direction / disappointing, Zero chemistry / mismatched cast, Good set-up / nice arc / bogus pay-off, Dated but relevant talk-fest, Engaging psychological drama

See it if you know Strindberg's work and/or this play. Slightly different take here & there, but the psychological mind-F is pretty much intact.

Don't see it if you're expecting passion & chemistry. Unfortunately, female lead is dreadfully miscast. There's more chemistry between the male leads. Read more

148 Reviews | 100 Followers
50
Dated, Cliched, Melodrama, Talky, talky, talky!, Too often quite preposterous

See it if you were assigned a paper on Strindberg; if you like melodrama; if you're intrigued by 1880s Swedish dramas; if you're a misogynist or incel

Don't see it if you prefer modern plays with believable conflicts & characters you can relate to; if dated (even preposterous) views about marriage irk you Read more

Critic Reviews (1)

Front Row Center
August 28th, 2018

"I was so looking forward to the psychological chess game and deep intrigue of this play and wanted to revel in the one-upmanship, the power shifts and the twists and turns of manipulation. I wanted to delve into open marriage and gender disparity, be turned on by, and feel challenged by the torn curtain reveal of male anxieties. I was hoping for a wild ride through a deadly carnival of human emotion...It didn’t happen."
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