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BWW Review: Haunting THE YELLOW WALLPAPER at OUT LOUD Theatre
(2017)
Abstract
THE YELLOW WALLPAPER, a short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, was published in 1892. The first-person narrative takes the reader inside the mind of an unnamed suffering from postpartum depression, who has been prescribed The Rest Cure, which calls for her to be confined to a room, alone, to let her mind rest and heal itself. The cure turns out to be worse than the disease, and the seemingly innocuous yellow wallpaper in the room where she lives starts to play tricks on her already fragile mind, eventually leading her into total madness. The short story is all within the woman's mind, but in order to dramatize it, OUT LOUD Theatre has put The Woman center stage in a kind of freak show/mental hospital setting where the audience observes different aspects of her struggle for sanity. Meticulous stage design and costumes managed to convey volumes of information and set the tone perfectly, and the wordless performances are powerful and haunting.
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Publication Date
June 23, 2017
Citation Information
Andria Tieman. "BWW Review: Haunting THE YELLOW WALLPAPER at OUT LOUD Theatre" (2017) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andria-tieman/142/