Hysteria
by Terry Johnson

Name: Hysteria
Brand: Terry Johnson
SKU: 9781472557537
Rating: 3.98 (125 reviews)

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

British Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the clever writing and humor of the play, highlighting its successful blend of farce and serious themes. Many commend its thought-provoking exploration of Freud's theories, while a few find certain aspects too bizarre. Overall, it sparks strong reactions, with many loving its unique take on psychological themes and character development.

Clever and thought-provokingBrilliantly written farceHilarious and engagingStrong character depictionSome find it too weird

Synopsis

"One of the most brilliantly original and entertaining new plays I have seen in years: wild, weird and funny, serious, compassionate and shocking, blasphemous and reverential, intellectual and frivolous, a factual fantasy, a demented farce, a black nightmare."

- The Sunday TImes

1938.

Hampstead, London.

Sigmund Freud has fled Nazi-occupied Austria and settled in leafy Swiss Cottage.

At 82 years old, he aims to spend his final days in peace.

However, when Salvador Dalí turns up to discover a less-than-fully dressed woman in the closet, peace becomes somewhat elusive...

An acknowledged modern classic, Terry Johnson's hilarious farce explores the fall-out when two of the 20th century's most brilliant and original minds collide.

It touches on subjects including Nazi Germany, the Surrealist movement, Judaism, Freud's theories of the unconscious mind, family relationships, life and death, and love and loss.

Johnson's celebrated play raises intriguing questions about Freud's radical revision of his theories of hysteria.

ThemesDalí, Salvador , 1904-1989 Freud, Sigmund , 1856-1939 PR6060.O38 H97 2013