Our next auditions will be for our August production of Talk; details available soon.
A moving, brutal look at the introduction of psychotherapy in the 19th century. It is a tale about the importance of being able to tell your story, and of empathy, kindness and humanity.
Characters:
CHARLES HOOD, Doctor at Bethlem (30s)
GEORGE HAYDON, Doctor at Bethlem (30s)
EMILY CLAYTON, inmate and poet (30s)
RICHARD DADD, inmate and artist (40s)
JANET GREY, Ward Sister on the women’s ward (40s)
SAM FOWLES, attendant on the male ward (40s)
The setting throughout is the criminal wing of Bethlem Hospital for the Insane, Southwark, London. 1854.
A moving, brutal look at the introduction of psychotherapy in the 19th century. It is a tale about the importance of being able to tell your story, and of empathy, kindness and humanity.
Characters:
CHARLES HOOD, Doctor at Bethlem (30s)
GEORGE HAYDON, Doctor at Bethlem (30s)
EMILY CLAYTON, inmate and poet (30s)
RICHARD DADD, inmate and artist (40s)
JANET GREY, Ward Sister on the women’s ward (40s)
SAM FOWLES, attendant on the male ward (40s)
The setting throughout is the criminal wing of Bethlem Hospital for the Insane, Southwark, London. 1854.