Madness at the Theatre
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- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication date:
- 01 January 2018
- 01 July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781108598460
- 9781908020420
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- Dimensions:
- (234 x 156 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.2kg, 110 Pages
- Products:
- The Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of Psychiatrists / RCPsych
- Subjects:
- Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Medicine, Psychiatry
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Book description
Madness at the Theatre studies the theatrical representation of madness from the classical Greek period through to the 21st century. Professor Oyebode charts the portrayal of madness by the world's great playwrights across the centuries and argues that whereas acts of madness are described but unseen in Greek drama, Shakespeare brought these behaviours to centre stage. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries aberrant behaviour was portrayed in domestic settings by Ibsen - theatrical madness became a family drama. Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill drew on their own families for their explorations of madness and addiction. Pinter's masterful use of the ambiguity of language finds strong echoes in the psychiatric clinic. Soyinka emphasised the social context - the personal malady as reflection of a greater malaise in society. Finally, Sarah Kane created plays that were the physical embodiment of her inner world. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the language of drama, the depiction of mental illness, and in the wider place of madness as a concept within society.
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