This from my dad: www.strindbergandhelium.com. I think the Swedish playwright really comes into his own here, with Helium the balloon creature providing the perfect foil to reveal the darkness of Strindberg’s soul.
See also the Sundance Online Film Festival for some other odd creations.
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Ah, Strindberg…the woman hater, who first attempted suicide at the age of eight, believed he was Edgar Allan Poe reincarnated, and received the “anti-Nobel Prize.”
I think I can see why you might juxtapose the words darkness and soul to describe him.