Princeton, N.J.: thinking like Schnitzler.(Front and Center)( Fraulein Else )(Interview)

CREATING A STAGE ADAPTATION FROM a difficult-to-locate, stream-of-consciousness novella written in 1924 in another language might not seem like an actor's obvious choice for a tour de force--but that's exactly the project Francesca Faridany launched a few years ago. What began as a whimsical chase to track down Arthur Schnitzler's Fraulein Else (Faridany finally located a 1925 copy in the Austrian Institute in New York City) eventually came to fruition as a multicharacter play, directed by Stephen Wadsworth.

After developing the piece at Seattle Repertory Theatre and Sundance ...

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