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 worldwide. Augustine (Big Hysteria) by Anna Furse, first produced in Plymouth in1991, is one of the most important plays in the new feminist theatre of hysteria.
Reviews

"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

Book Information
ISBN 9783718659357
Author Anna Furse
Format Hardback
Page Count 72
Imprint Harwood-Academic Publishers
Publisher Harwood-Academic Publishers
Weight(grams) 300g