Strindberg’s plays in the Trilogy follow a progression: (1) Creditors is a love triangle around a seductress; (2) Pariah is a duel about guilt between two men who have committed crimes in the past; (3) The Stronger is a soliloquy by a woman who speaks in front of another woman (her husband’s mistress) who says nothing. They are all power games established through the argumentative manipulation that the characters try on each other. The same three actors performed the three plays. The first play was directed by Rogério de Carvalho and the following two by Jorge Andrade, based on his experience with the guest director. A television interrupted the action of Pariah with white noise and was used in The Stronger so that the actress could play herself. The three plays were presented in a single show, on a white square, where the same furniture and an embalmed hare varied in position.

texts August Strindberg ‧ translation Luiz Francisco Rebello (Creditors and Pariah) and mala voadora (The Stronger) ‧ direction Rogério de Carvalho (Creditors) and Jorge Andrade (Pariah and The Stronger) ‧ with Anabela Almeida, Jorge Andrade and Manuel Wiborg ‧ set design and costumes José Capela ‧ light Jorge Ribeiro ‧ photo Steve Stoer (promotion) and Susana Paiva (stage) ‧ graphic design Suzana Vaz ‧ executive production Magda Bull ‧ press office Ana Teresa Leal ‧ coproduction Actores Produtores Associados, Coimbra Capital da Cultura 2003 and Casa das Artes de Famalicão ‧ financed by Ministério da Cultura – Instituto das Artes ‧ support Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian ‧

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May 23 and 24, 2003 ‧ Museu dos Transportes (included in Coimbra 2003 National Capital of Culture) (Creditors, the first play of The Trilogy, premiered by itself.)

October 3 to 5, 2003 ‧ Casa das Artes de Famalicão

October 10, 2003 ‧ Centro Cultural de Paredes de Coura

October 18, 2003 ‧ Centro Cultural Raiano (Idanha-a-Nova)

October 24 and 25, 2003 ‧ CAPa (Faro)

November 4 to 6, 2003 ‧ Teatro Municipal Rivoli (Porto)

November 28 to December 8, 2003 ‧ Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon)