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Shakespeare comes to Broadmoor : the actors are come hither : the performance of tragedy in a secure psychiatric hospital / edited by Murray Cox ; foreword by Sir Ian McKellen.

Title
Shakespeare comes to Broadmoor : the actors are come hither : the performance of tragedy in a secure psychiatric hospital / edited by Murray Cox ; foreword by Sir Ian McKellen.
Publication
London ; Philadelphia : Jessic Kingsley Publishers, 1992.

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Additional Authors
Cox, Murray.
Description
xvi, 282 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
Between 1989 and 1991 several of Shakespeare's tragedies were performed in the central hall of Broadmoor Hospital. This book provides a record of these events and explores the impact of such drama upon both actors and audience.
Subject
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Stage history > England > Crowthorne
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Stage history > 1950-
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
  • Broadmoor Hospital (Crowthorne, England)
  • Since 1950
  • Literature, Modern
  • Drama
  • Psychotherapy
  • Psychiatric hospital patients > Services for > England > Crowthorne
  • Drama > Therapeutic use
  • Tragedy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-266) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 1853021350
  • 1853021210 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^92138353^
OCLC
  • 25772211
  • SCSB-12160333
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library