4.48 Psychosis
$41.29
- Paperback
64 pages
- Release Date
11 June 2025
Summary
Descent into Darkness: Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis
I dreamt that I went to the doctors, and she gave me eight minutes to live. I’d been sitting in the fucking waiting room for half an hour
4.48 Psychosis is the last play by Sarah Kane, the controversial contemporary British playwright, who died aged 28 in February 1999.
Throughout the piece the audience are plunged into the mind of an unnamed protagonist grappling with severe depression as K…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350579446 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1350579440 |
| Series: | Modern Plays |
| Author: | Sarah Kane |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Methuen Drama |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 11 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 80g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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About The Author
Sarah Kane
Sarah Kane was born in 1971. Her first play, Blasted, was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1995. Her second play, Phaedra’s Love, was produced at the Gate Theatre in 1996. In April 1998, Cleansed was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, and in September 1998, Crave was produced by Paines Plough and Bright Ltd at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Her last play, 4.48 Psychosis, premiered at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in June 2000. Her short film, Skin, produced by British Screen/Channel Four, premiered in June 1997. Sarah Kane died in 1999, and is now recognised as one of the most influential voices in modern European theatre.
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