Photographs of A single work   drama   - 90 minutes
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Photographs of A
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'One of the great celebrities of late 19th century Paris was a fifteen year-old girl called Louise Augustine Gleizes. She had many devoted and distinguished followers who had no idea of her name. She was known simply as Augustine or, more frequently, A – incarcerated, probably against her will, as a ‘lunatic’. Her mentor, physician and manager was the ‘father of modern neurology’, Jean-Martin Charcot. Dr Charcot’s public demonstrations of neurosis at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital were a sensation and Augustine was his star attraction.

'The studio photographs of Augustine in her hysterical poses have fascinated scientists and artists for more than one hundred years.

'In Photographs of A, Antechamber Productions and Daniel Keene give poetic voice to a previously mute but extraordinarily influential figure in modern psychology.

'Wrestling with the inordinate demands of Daniel Keene’s words, Brian Lipson’s design and direction and Augustine’s ambiguous insolence is the redoubtable Helen Morse.' (Production summary)

Production Details

  • A Melbourne Theatre Company production. Performed 26 June - 6 July 2014 at the Festival of Independent Theatre

    Director & Designer - Brian Lipson

    Writer - Daniel Keene

    Cast

    Helen Morse

    with Ben Grant and Anouk Mead

    Stage Manager - Meg Richardson

    Producer - Samantha Potts

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Unspectacular Approach to a Spectacle of Hysteria Glosses Over Trauma Chris Boyd , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 June 2014; (p. 14)

— Review of Photographs of A Daniel Keene , 2014 single work drama
Monologue Strkly Poetic, but Repetitive and Austere Cameron Woodhead , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 June 2014; (p. 22)

— Review of Photographs of A Daniel Keene , 2014 single work drama
A Mystery Made Real Kylie Northover , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 14-15 June 2014; (p. 24)

— Review of Photographs of A Daniel Keene , 2014 single work drama
A Mystery Made Real Kylie Northover , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 14-15 June 2014; (p. 24)

— Review of Photographs of A Daniel Keene , 2014 single work drama
Monologue Strkly Poetic, but Repetitive and Austere Cameron Woodhead , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 June 2014; (p. 22)

— Review of Photographs of A Daniel Keene , 2014 single work drama
Unspectacular Approach to a Spectacle of Hysteria Glosses Over Trauma Chris Boyd , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 June 2014; (p. 14)

— Review of Photographs of A Daniel Keene , 2014 single work drama
Last amended 16 Jun 2014 15:38:10
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