Events: detail
The Psychology of Performing Arts: Theatre and Human Expression
- Hosted by:
- Gresham College
- Speaker:
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Dr Glenn Wilson, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
- Starts:
- March 10, 2009 at 06:45 pm
- Ends:
- March 10, 2009 at 07:45 pm
- Location:
- Gresham College, Barnard's Inn Hall, Holborn, London, EC1N 2HH United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
What benefits do we derive from theatre (including film and TV)? It is excitement, vicarious experience, education, catharsis, or all of these things? Does our enjoyment depend upon the ability of the playwright to parade problems in a way that connects with our own? What do the archetypal themes emerging through great drama tell us about nature? Can we be harmed (e.g. depraved and corrupted) by theatre? If so, under what conditions?
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
