Dora: A Case of Hysteria
In 1900, for a period of three months, Freud undertook the psychoanalysis of a seventeen year old named Dora. Caught in a web of intrigue and sexual abuse, Dora developed a number of hysteric symptoms and was brought for treatment. At the time, Freud himself was going through a period of self-doubt and disillusionment. Dora’s case reveals the repressive social milieu which permeated all aspects of fin-de-siècle Vienna.
With a script based on Freud’s Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria, this program includes chamber and vocal works of Alma and Gustav Mahler, Erich Korngold, and Richard Strauss. Narration will be based on Freud’s case history and correspondence.
Dora: A Case of Hysteria was part of our 2004-2005 Season.
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