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Comrades 61
hind the mask of social tradition and class
culture.
COMRADES
ALTHOUGH "
Comrades
"
was written in i
it is in a measure the most up-to-date play of
Strindberg, so thoroughly modern that one at
all conversant with the milieu that inspired
"
Com
rades
"
could easily point out the type of character
portrayed in the play.
It is a four-act comedy of marriage the kind
of marriage that lacks social and legal security in
the form of a ceremony, but retains all the petty
conventions of the marriage institution. The re
sults of such an anomaly are indeed ludicrous when
viewed from a distance, but very tragic for those
who play a part in it.
Axel Alberg and his wife Bertha are Swedish
artists residing in Paris. They are both painters.
Of course they share the same living quarters, and
although each has a separate room, the arrange
ment does not hinder them from trying to regulate
each other s movements. Thus when Bertha does
not arrive on time to keep her engagement with
her model, Axel is provoked; and when he takes
the liberty to chide her for her tardiness, his wife
is indignant at the
"
invasiveness
"
of her husband,
because women of the type of Bertha are as sensi-
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