76 Pages
by
Routledge
72 Pages
by
Routledge
76 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1997. Contemporary Theatre Studies is a book series of special interest to everyone involved in theatre. It consists of monographs on influential figures, studies of movements and ideas in theatre, as well as primary material consisting of theatre-related documents, performing editions of plays in English, and English translations of plays from various vital theatre traditions... Read more
Introduction; Augustine (Big Hysteria);
Biography
Authored by Furse, Anna
"Anna Furse presents a fascinating piece of theatre in which she uses a stylised form to explore factual content." - Time Out
"...one of the most important plays in the new feminist theatre of hysteria. Anna Furse draws on the history of phychiatry to produce innovative performance that is also a critique of the psychoanalytic appropriation of women. Augustine is set in the Paris clinic of Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot. From 1882 to the year of his death in 1893, Charcot was the impresario of a group of `hysterical' women who become known, as stars, queens, and divas." - From Elaine Showalter's introduction
"...a winner...unnervingly in tune with modern feeling." - The Times
