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Shakespeare Comes to Broadmoor - The Actors are Come Hither - The Performance of Tragedy in a Secure Psychiatric Hospital (Paperback)
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Shakespeare Comes to Broadmoor - The Actors are Come Hither - The Performance of Tragedy in a Secure Psychiatric Hospital (Paperback)
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Between 1989 and 1991 several of Shakespeare's tragedies were
performed in the central hall of Broadmoor Hospital. This book sets
these important events on record. It offers insights into the
impact of such drama, in such a setting, upon actors and audience.
It includes interviews with the directors and the actors playing
the title roles, as well as a description of the hospital and its
community of patients and staff. The performances were given by
actors from The Royal Shakespeare Company (Hamlet and Romeo and
Juliet), The Royal National Theatre (King Lear) and the Wilde
Community Theatre Company, a local amateur drama group (Measure for
Measure). An account is given of `workshops' which took place after
the performances. And a collage of comment, by actors and audience,
is presented as a stream of corporate consciousness. The final
section of the book has a more academic timbre, including chapters
on performance and projective possibilities, the nature and scope
of dramatherapy, and contributions on the place of drama in
custodial settings by specialists from a variety of disciplines.
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