A SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD. TITLE
The Talking Cure
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 4m, 2girl(s)
The Talking Cure
by Christopher Hampton
This play deals with the early years of C.G. Jung and his decision to experiment, using Freud's controversial new method of psychoanalysis, with a young Russian patient, Sabina Spielrein.
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Cast Size
3w, 4m, 2girl(s) -
Subgenre
Biography, Period -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
The success of the experiment and the blossoming of his relationship with Sabina inaugerates, haunts and ultimately poisons Jung's friendship with Freud; and the ideas and conflicts which engulf the three of them embody, as Jung comes to realize, the destructive forces which are to overwhelm the disastrous century ahead.
Cast Attributes
Keywords
- Time Period 1900-1910
- Setting Various settings
- Features Period Costumes
- Cautions
- Intense Adult Themes
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Christopher Hampton
Christopher Hampton became involved in theatre while studying French and German at Oxford University, and wrote a play in his first year.
The Royal Court's subsequent production was so successful that it transferred to the Comedy Theatre while he was still a student, making hi ...