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Christine Spang and Kelvin Grullon in a scene from "Queen of Basel"

 PHOTO PROVIDED BY MIKE MARQUES

HARTFORD, Conn. — The three characters in August Strindberg’s ”Miss Julie” take a walk on the wild side in “Queen of Basel,” playwright Hilary Bettis’ intense 2018 reimagining of the Swedish playwright's 1889 drama, which is being given a hard-driving, volatile production at TheaterWorks Hartford.

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Jeffrey Borak is The Eagle's theater critic.