Sabina
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Description
The turbulent relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud is well known. But the story of Sabina Spielrein — Jung’s patient, protege, and lover — was nearly lost to history. Sabina introduced him to an inner world of archetype and shadow that became the foundation of Jungian psychology. She later brought Jung and Freud together and, in many ways, surpassed them as a pioneering feminist psychoanalyst who was the hero of her own story.
Production Info
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Press Quotes
“In the dawn of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud was always on the alert for new disciples, especially those who would expand acceptance of his controversial theories. One such early convert was the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, who had had some success with ‘the talking cure’ with a young patient named Sabina Spielrein, with whom Jung may or may not have had an affair but who certainly became intricately involved with both men. The twisted tale of this triangle involving the two titans of psychoanalysis, once so close and later so implacably estranged, and an obscure Russian woman, who pursued a career of her own as an analyst, was virtually unknown until a cache of documents was discovered in Geneva in 1977 … [Holtzman’s dramatization is] intriguing and captivating.” —Wilborn Hampton, The New York Times
“Ambitious, intelligent … Holtzman offers poetic insights into ways that [Freud and Jung’s] theories augured the behavior that would allow them to betray [Sabina] … The drama recreates the analytic process beautifully.” —The New Yorker
“Sigmund Freud and Karl Jung … Holtzman was right to name his psychodrama about these giant figures from the history of psychology for the woman who is said to have brought them together. [She is] the play’s fascinating pivot [so] that the two geniuses … are like suitors who’ve managed to get their names on the belle of the ball’s dance card … We first meet her as a crazed teenager who flaps at the cage of her troubled mind like a frightened, trapped bird. She emerges from her immensely watchable, filled with Wagnerian sturm and drang psychoanalysis as a brilliant young woman eager for life. By the time she meets Freud she is an irresistibly charming and obviously brilliant medical student … engrossing drama … emotionaly charged and often amusing.” —Elyse Sommer, Curtain Up
Author
Willy HoltzmanWilly Holtzman's plays include THE FIRST MRS. ROCHESTER (Portland Stage Company), HONOR FLIGHT (PlayPenn), G.O.B. (PlayPenn), THE MORINI STRAD (City Theatre, ATCA Steinberg Best New American Play Award nominee, had its New York debut at Primary Stages in March 2012); SOMETHING YOU DID (Primary Stages, People's Light & Theatre, Theatre J, commissioned by Baltimore Center Stage); SABINA (Primary Stages, New Jewish Theatre, Gradiva Award Nominee); HEARTS (People's Light & Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Asolo Theatre, New Jewish Theatre of St. Louis, received the Barrymore Award, the inaugural Arthur Miller Award and was anthologized in Smith and Kraus BEST NEW PLAYS); BOVVER BOYS (Primary Stages, Cleveland Play House, Berkshire Theatre Festival, the Curtain Theatre); THE CLOSER (GeVa Theatre — Davie Award, the Working Theatre); INSIDE OUT (commissioned and produced by Theatre for a New Audience, Portland Stage Company, Nebraska Repertory Theatre); THE LAST TEMPTATION OF JOE HILL (Working Theatre); BLANCO (Goodspeed Opera House Norma Terris Theatre); WHITE TRASH (West Bank Cabaret); SAN ANTONIO SUNSET (published in Best Short Plays and produced in New York, Los Angeles, London, Dublin, Mumbai). VOICES IN CONFLICT (created with Wilton, Conn., high school students, was presented at the Public Theatre, the Vineyard Theatre and the Culture Project). Holtzman wrote and executive produced the independent film Edge of America (2004 Sundance Film Festival Opening Night selection, Tribeca Film Festival, Nantucket Film Festival, Hamptons Film Festival, American Indian Film Festival — Best Picture) for which he received the Peabody Award, the Humanitas Prize, and the Writers Guild Award. He also wrote Blood Brothers (HBO, Cine Golden Eagle) and A Body to Die For (Emmy nomination). Holtzman received the HBO Award at the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. He has taught writing to at-risk teens at Bronx Regional High School in South Bronx, and was the Lila Wallace Resident Playwright at Juilliard. He has worked with young writers through the 52d Street Project in New York's Hell's Kitchen and on the Navajo reservation. He serves on the board of New Dramatists (where as a member he received the Calloway Award) and Harlem Stage Company.
Book Information
| Publisher | BPPI |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 9/2/2026 |
| Pages | 74 |
| ISBN | 9798888561157 |
Special Notes
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
www.broadwayplaypublishing.com
