FRÄULEIN ELSE
Translated and Adapted by Francesca Faridany
From the novella by
Arthur Schnitzler
Directed by Lucy Smith Conroy
April 22 - May 16, 2004

A young Viennese woman vacationing at a luxurious spa receives a telegram from her mother that will forever change her destiny. Facing the unthinkable, a nineteen year-old woman must betray her own intuition and morals in an attempt to save her parents from financial ruin. From the author of the acclaimed play La Ronde (which inspired David Hare’s The Blue Room) adaptor Francesca Faridany’s searing new look at Arthur Schnitzler’s 1924 novella was hailed by The San Francisco Chronicle as a “concentrated, compelling drama—a gripping story of the unraveling of a mind trained for frivolity told from the inside."

Fräulein Else is made possible in part by generous support from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.