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4.48 Psychosis

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

4.48 Psychosis

Contributors:

By (Author) Sarah Kane

ISBN:

9781350579446

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Methuen Drama

Publication Date:

12th June 2025

Edition:

2nd edition

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Modern and contemporary plays / drama

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

64

Dimensions:

Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 10mm

Weight:

80g

Description

I dreamt that I went to the doctors, and she gave me eight minutes to live. Id been sitting in the fucking waiting room for half an hour

4.48 Psychosis is the last play by Sarah Kane, the controversial contemporary British playwright, who died aged 28 in February 1999.

Throughout the piece the audience are plunged into the mind of an unnamed protagonist grappling with severe depression as Kane crafts an unflinching and poetic portrait of a psyche teetering on the edge of oblivion.

A quarter century from its debut, the entire original cast and creative team return to the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs to revisit Sarah Kanes final masterpiece 25 years on.

This edition was published to coincide with the Royal Court Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company co-production in June 2025, and the subsequent run at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Author Bio

Sarah Kane was born in 1971. Her first play, Blasted, was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1995. Her second play, Phaedra's Love, was produced at the Gate Theatre in 1996. In April 1998, Cleansed was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, and in September 1998, Crave was produced by Paines Plough and Bright Ltd at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Her last play, 4.48 Psychosis, premiered at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in June 2000. Her short film, Skin, produced by British Screen/Channel Four, premiered in June 1997. Sarah Kane died in 1999, and is now recognised as one of the most influential voices in modern European theatre.

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