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020			_a9781108598460 (ebook)
020			_z9781908020420 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050		4	_aPN56.M45 _bO943 2012
082	0	4	_a809.2935274 _223
100	1		_aOyebode, Femi, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMadness at the theatre / _cFemi Oyebode.
264		1	_aLondon : _bRCPsych Publications, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 100 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Jan 2018).
520			_aMadness 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.
505	0		_aGreek tragedy and models of madness -- Greco-Roman comedy and folly -- Jealousy the green-eyed monster and madness in Shakespeare -- Ibsen and the domestication of madness -- Tennessee Williams and the theatre of the mind -- Soyinka's theatre of the shadowlands -- Sarah Kane: the self in fission.
650		0	_aMental illness in literature.
650		0	_aDrama _xHistory and criticism.
700	1		_aOyebode, Femi, _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781908020420
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781108598460/type/BOOK
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