Sarah Kane

4.48 Psychosis sees the ultimate narrowing of Sarah Kane's focus in her work. The struggle of the self to remain intact has moved in her work from civil war, into the family, into the couple, into the individual, and finally into the theatre of phychosis: the mind itself. This play was written in 1999 shortly before the playwright took her own life at age 28. On the page, the piece looks like a poem. No characters are named, and even their number is unspecified. It could be a journey through one person's mind, or an interview between a doctor and his patient.

4.48 Psychosis

David Greig

This volume contains the complete collection of Sarah Kane's plays, including "Blasted"; "Phaedra's Love"; "Cleansed"; "Crave"; "4.48 Psychosis"; and "Skin".

Blasted; Phaedra's Love; Cleansed; Crave; 4.48 Psychosis; Skin

Kane: Complete Plays

Blasted

Crave

First single volume edition of this bold version of a classic by Sarah Kane Sarah Kane's radical reworking of Seneca's classical tragedy of incest and unrequited lust. Phaedra's Love is a bold and provocative revisioning of the story of Phaedra's obsessive and destructive love of her son Hippolytus and his violent punishment by Theseus.

Phaedra's Love

In January 1995, Sarah Kane's first full-length play, Blasted, opened at the Royal Court Theatre, London. It became the cause celebre of the theatrical year, making front-page headlines and outraging critics with its depiction of rape, torture and violence in civil war.

In an institution designed to rid society of its undesirables, a group of inmates try to save themselves through love. Cleansed is a tender and violent fable.

Cleansed

Tutto il teatro

In January 1995, Sarah Kane's first full-length play, Blasted, opened at the Royal Court Theatre. It became the cause celebre of the theatrical year, making front-page headlines and outraging critics with its depiction of rape, torture and violence in civil war. This two-play volume brings together Blasted and Phaedra's Love, Kane's radical reworking of Seneca's classical tragedy of incest and unrequited lust, which premiered at the Gate Theatre, London, in May 1996.

Blasted & Phaedra's Love

El amor de Fedra

Obres completes

L'amour de Phèdre

Manque

Purifiés

4.48 Psychosis was written throughout the autumn and winter of 1998-99 as Kane battled with one of her recurrent bouts of depression. On February 20, 1999, aged 28, the playwright committed suicide. On the page, the piece looks like a poem. No characters are named, and even their number is unspecified. It could be a journey through one person's mind, or an interview between a doctor and his patient.

4. 48 Psychosis

Sarah Kane s'est suicidée le 20 février 1999, laissant une cinquième pièce qui est un sténogramme sur la maladie et la mort. Ce texte, qui témoigne de toute la force de son auteur, qu'elle soit dramatique ou poétique, s'apparente à une prière. "Après 4h48 je ne parlerai plus.Je suis arrivée à la fin de cette effrayante de cette répugnante histoire d'une consciente internée dans une carcasse étrangère et crétinisée par l'esprit malveillant de la majorité morale".

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