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Hysteria

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  1w, 3m

"One of the most brilliantly entertaining new plays I have seen in years: wild, weird and funny, serious, compassionate and shocking, blasphemous and reverential, intellectual and frivolous, a factual fantasy, a demented farce, a black nightmare." - Sunday Times

"A brilliant play ... sheer theatrical audacity incorporates authentic pain into a farcical framework." - Guardian

First produced at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1993, Hysteria was staged in this revised version at the Duke of York's Theatre, Londo…

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    1w, 3m
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Summary

First produced at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1993, Hysteria was staged in this revised version at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, in 1995.

M3 (60s, old)
F1 (20s-30s)

  • Time Period 1930s
  • Setting

    A room

  • Features Period Costumes

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"One of the most brilliantly entertaining new plays I have seen in years: wild, weird and funny, serious, compassionate and shocking, blasphemous and reverential, intellectual and frivolous, a factual fantasy, a demented farce, a black nightmare." -

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Terry Johnson

Terry Johnson is the recipient of a dozen major theatre awards including the 2010 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical, Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, and 2009 Outer Critics Circle Best Musical for LA CAGE AUX FOLLES. He also won the Olivier Award for Best Come ...
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