Augustine (Big Hysteria)
First produced by Paines Plough on 19th April 1991.
“Housemaid and hysteric, Augustine was celebrated in Paris for her dramatic displays of ‘Grande Hysterie’ in the Salpetriere Hospital. Studied by Freud, she was a star in the brilliant Professor Charcot’s ‘Museum of Suffering’. Like the Elephant Man, she became the centre of the voyeuristic attention of a civilised society – but hers was a perverse and erotic entertainment. A highly charged testimony, AUGUSTINE (BIG HYSTERIA) is full of humour and passion. Interweaving live music, cinematic projections and poetic text, it is magical, startling and vivid. Winner of Time Out award for Writing and Direction.” – Paines Plough
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Augustine | Shona Morris |
|---|---|
| Jean-Martin Charcot | Wolfe Morris |
| Sigmund Freud | James Dreyfus |
| violinist | Anne Wood |
Crew | |
| Composer | Graham Miller |
| Designer | Sally Jacobs |
| Director | Anna Furse |
| Press Representative | Taylors |
- Source: University of Bristol Theatre Collection
- Last modified by Jared William.
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