A Far Country
by Henry Denker

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120 mins1930sInterior SetAmerican

Synopsis

Kim Stanley and Steven Hill created onstage fireworks in this study of Sigmund Freud's first critical case, as he undertakes the analysis of an hysterical crippled woman who has no visible source of affliction.

The scar is not on her body, he reasons, but on her mind and 'the far country' of her soul.

Self-knowledge is her cure.

Press Reviews

"Fascinating!... Capture[s] the dramatic core of an unforgettable experience in human revelation... Distill[s] the essence of a touching human story... Moves as carefully as a documented biography."

— The New York Times

Characters

Character
A NAZIGORDON DOUGLAS

Attache, British Consulate, Vienna

MARTHA BERNAYS FREUD

Wife of Sigmund Freud

KATHY

The Freuds’ maid of all work

FREDERICK WOHLMUTH

Elizabeth’s brother-in-law

DOLFI FREUD

Dr. Freud’s younger sister

AMALIE FREUD

Dr. Freud’s mother

SIGMUND FREUD

The doctor

ELIZABETH VON RITTER

A patient

DR. JOSEPH BREUER

A doctor in Vienna

Publication

PublisherSamuel French
Year1961
BindingPaperback
Pages98
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573608834
ISBN-100573608830

A Far Country is a American play written by Henry Denker and published by Samuel French (1961).

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Samuel French · 1961 · 98 pp

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