'Richard III' Panel discussion and performance

• LocationLondon
• Type
• Salary
• ArtformFreud, Psychoanalysis, Shakespeare
• Contacteventsandmedia@freud.org.uk

Description

8 July 2016
6.30-8pm, drinks reception 8-9pm

The Psycho-Cultural Dynamics of Emotion, Power and Politics in Richard III

The Freud Museum in association with Bournemouth University present a special panel discussion on the themes of Shakespeare’s Richard III and the motivations of its characters and the play’s relevance for contemporary understandings of emotion and politics. The event includes the performance of some key speeches from the play as performed by actors from the award-winning theatre ensemble, The Faction.

Shakespeare’s Richard III and the myths that surround him continue to fascinate, divide and intrigue audiences. The emotional intensity of the play, with its Machiavellian themes of ruthless politics and power resonate strongly within the cultural and political imagination and tap into contemporary dilemmas about the meanings of political leadership, nation and identity. The emotive themes of Shakespeare’s play and its complex characters also evoke psychoanalytic understandings of narcissism, jealousy and envy. These emotional themes, which relate to culture, character and processes of the unconscious, will be explored in the course of the panel discussion.

£10/£7 concessions and Friends of the Freud Museum

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'Richard III' Panel discussion and performance