S3 E6: "Madness" in Soliloquy: Re-examining King Lear, Lady Macbeth and Ophelia
Description
In our continuing Season Three deep dive into soliloquy, we have come at last to "madness" in soliloquy. We'll be taking a look at King Lear from Lear, Lady M from Macbeth, and Ophelia from Hamlet.
CONTENT WARNING: This episode does discuss disassociation, and historically misguided views of "madness" and "hysteria." There is also mention of suicide as it pertains to the plots of Shakespeare's plays.
What happens when we look at these soliloquies through the eyes of the actors? How do what we'll call "disassociative" soliloquies function in a play? What makes them different from the cut or drift soliloquies we see in Macbeth? And how can we do better in our own contemporary writing?
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