4.48 Psychosis

Name: 4.48 Psychosis
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780413748300
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By Sarah Kane

Series: Modern Plays

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4.48 Psychosis is an unorthodox and poetic exploration of severe depression. Written by Sarah Kane during a profound personal struggle, the play eschews named characters or a fixed number of voices, presenting a fragmented journey through the mind of one or more individuals grappling with mental anguish and the desire for release. The structure resembles a poem, weaving themes of agony, ecstasy, and the blurred boundaries between sanity and despair.
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Best suited for readers interested in intense, experimental drama and poetic explorations of mental health. Those drawn to raw, emotional narratives that challenge conventional theatrical forms will find this work compelling.

This work is the last play by Sarah Kane, the controversial contemporary British playwright, who died aged 28 in February 1999. A single voice, dragged through therapy and endless medication, reveals the true experience of clinical depression.

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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.

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Scotsman praises the work as a "magnificent record" of the battle between life and death impulses, highlighting its fractured poetic form. They also note the play's poignant questioning of identity and timing in life, concluding that from this profound agony emerges a piece "as beautiful and true as this remarkable play." List describes it as a "poetic evocation" of clinical depression's depths, marked by moments of dark humour but underscored by helpless despair.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780413748300

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 July 2000

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 3.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 70g

Pages: 56

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Sarah Kane Series: Modern Plays

About the Author

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.