Miss Julie

Miss Julie
First Miss Julie production, November 1906, The People's Theatre, Stockholm. Sacha Sjöström (left) as Kristin, Manda Björling as Miss Julie and August Falck as Jean
Written by	August Strindberg
Characters	Miss Julie, Jean, Christine
Date premiered	14 March 1889 (1889-03-14)
Original language	Swedish
Genre	Naturalism

Miss Julie (Swedish: Fröken Julie) is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg. It is set on Midsummer's Eve and the following morning, which is Midsummer and the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist. The setting is an estate of a count in Sweden. Miss Julie is drawn to a senior servant, a valet named Jean, who is well-traveled and well-read. The action takes place in the kitchen of Miss Julie's father's manor, where Jean's fiancée, a servant named Christine, cooks and sometimes sleeps while Jean and Miss Julie talk.