The Nervous Stage: Nineteenth-Century Neuroscience and the Birth of Modern Theater, by Matthew Wilson Smith

Lab bench discoveries made during the 1800s were felt in the playhouse, says Matthew Broome

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March 1, 2018

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March 1, 2018

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Dramatic healing: Jean-Martin Charcot’s ‘methods of treating hysterical patients became a kind of theatrical performance’

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