
Dance of Death
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August Strindberg’s claustrophobic naturalist tragedy 'The Dance of Death' received a powerful, highly celebrated Broadway revival at the Broadhurst Theatre in 2001 that turned a remote island fortress into an absolute dramatic battlefield. The pitch-black, savage psychological thriller tracks Edgar, an embittered military captain, and Alice, his long-suffering wife, as they approach their silver wedding anniversary, trapped inside a prison-like tower engaging in a cold-blooded, pathologically detached campaign of mutual psychological torment. Directed by Sean Mathias, the blockbuster revival achieved permanent theatrical immortality due to the unmatched dramatic casting of Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren.

