Fadren by August Strindberg

A tense domestic drama centers on a military father whose authority and sanity are systematically undermined by his calculating wife, who seeks to wrest control of their daughter’s future; through manipulation, legal maneuvering and psychological provocation he becomes increasingly paranoid and isolated, and the household collapses under the weight of power struggles, questions of paternity and the destructive effects of pride, jealousy and rigid social roles.

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