After Miss Julie

Patrick Marber’s 'After Miss Julie' masterfully transposes August Strindberg’s classic naturalist battle of the sexes to a grand country estate in Essex, England, on the momentous night of July 26, 1945, immediately following the Labour Party’s historic post-WWII landslide victory. Staged by the Roundabout Theatre Company at the American Airlines Theatre in 2009, the claustrophobic psychological thriller tracks the dangerous, sexually charged power struggle between the aristocratic Miss Julie and her father’s pragmatic, class-conscious chauffeur, John. Anchored by the electrifying Broadway debuts of Sienna Miller and Jonny Lee Miller, this production turns a classic text into a visceral exploration of class collapse and erotic warfare.