附註:Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-156) and index.
Performing the rest cure : Mrs. Patrick Campbell -- The minor actress undone : Peg Entwistle and Dorothy Hale -- The actress and addiction : Diana Barrymore -- Mythmaking madness : Vivien Leigh -- Mad actress as icon : Frances Farmer.
摘要:"Actresses and Mental Illness: Histrionic Heroines investigates the relationship between the work of the actress and her personal experience of mental illness, from the late nineteenth to late twentieth century. Through detailed case studies of both well-known and neglected figures in theatre and film history, including Mrs Patrick Campbell, Vivien Leigh, Frances Farmer and Diana Barrymore, it shows how mental illness - actual or supposed - has impacted on actresses' performances, careers and celebrity. The book covers a range of topics including: representing emotion on stage; the 'failed' actress; actresses and addiction; and actresses and psychiatric treatment. It expands the field of actress studies by showing how consideration of the personal experience of the actress influences our understanding of her work and its reception; and by underscoring how the actress stands as a kind of representative public woman, acting as a lens through which we can examine broader attitudes to women and mental illness"--
