Frank McGuinness presents scintillating new versions of two of August Strindberg"s plays -- one a major work, the other less well known. Miss Julie is Strindberg"s examination of power, sex, and class, set on a midsummer"s eve in a nobleman"s house and focusing on the shifting relationship between Miss Julie, the daughter of the house, and Jean, her father"s manservant. The Stronger is a short play that explores the complex range of emotions felt by Madame X when she encounters Mademoiselle Y, her husband"s former mistress, at a fashionable cafe. Calling Mademoiselle Y worn out and evil, Madame X says that the triumph of her marriage proves she is the stronger of the two -- even though these words ring hollow, as she attempts to deceive only herself.