Pre-Inferno Plays

12861--Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Maxim Gorky, John Osborne, and Ingmar Bergman are among the many artists who have cited Strindberg as an influence. [31] Eugene O'Neill, upon receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature, dedicated much of his acceptance speech to describing Strindberg's influence on his work, and referred to him as "that greatest genius of all modern dramatists."[106] A multi-faceted author, Strindberg was often extreme. His novel The Red Room (1879) made him famous. His earl