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generally considered Sweden's greatest playwright since August Strindberg, has written over 75 plays. While they are regularly performed in Nordic and European countries and have been translated into several languages, English-language readers were deprived of his major works until 2013, when Chaucer Press Books published
and
, followed by
and then by
. This volume presents two of Norén's most recent major plays in English that are thematically related, written after the financial collapse of 2008:
is about what happened to the working class after the collapse, especially how its members--composed of many immigrants hit by layoffs and uncertainty--did their best to live through their often life-threatening situation.
is about a middle class neighborhood in a big city whose citizens--fraught with angst, illness and psychological problems after the financial collapse--both depend upon and avoid each other.
In both plays horrific, pointless crimes are committed that seemingly reflect the "disconnect" between people and governmental bureaucracies attempting desperately, but in vain, to be helpful and caring. What really stands out about these plays, however, is how they capture the characters' humanity and the essence of their everyday lives, for better or worse.
Marita Lindholm Gochman was born in Sweden and came to America in 1964, where she has had a rich theatrical career. In 1985 she translated her first Norén play into English,
, and has since translated 25 of his plays--making her Norén's foremost English language translator. Since 1987 Ms. Gochman, who lives in Manhattan, NY, has served as a board member of Circle in the Square, The International Theatre Institute, and The Signature Theatre.
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