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The Witches of Macbeth
By Phillip Freeman, M.D.
Adaptation of Shakespearean text, Edward Eaton, Ph.D.
Directed by Edward Eaton, Ph.D.
The Witches of Macbeth ​considers ​the ​role ​of ​illusion ​and ​disillusion ​in ​the ​tragedy ​of ​the ​Macbeths. ​Psychoanalytic ​authors ​have ​argued ​that ​the ​Macbeths ​seek ​to ​substitute ​a ​crown ​for ​a ​child, ​or ​a ​scepter ​for ​potency. ​The ​actors ​playing ​the ​witches ​struggle, ​in ​ironic ​counterpoint ​to ​the ​tragedy, ​with ​their ​own ​attempts ​to ​seek ​satisfaction ​through ​illusions ​of ​love, ​ambition, ​and magic. ​The ​script ​borrows ​from ​the ​history ​of ​psychoanalytic ​ideas ​about ​Macbeth ​in ​Freud, ​Jekels, ​and ​Coriat, ​among ​others. ​

The ​post-show discussion ​provided ​an ​opportunity ​to ​consider ​the ​role ​of ​illusion ​in ​Macbeth ​and ​in ​our ​work ​as ​psychoanalysts. ​Participants had the ​opportunity ​to ​consider ​and ​evaluate ​this ​play ​in ​development, ​the ​dramatization ​of ​ideas, ​different ​approaches ​to ​narrative ​structure, ​and ​the ​areas ​of ​overlap ​between ​psychoanalysis ​and ​theater.


Praise for The Witches of Macbeth:

"I think the play is magnificent! Mesmerizing performances. "
                              --Allan H.

"It was so enlivening to have a live theatrical experience that moved seamlessly into psychoanalytic discourse".
                              --Barbara R.

"Your [Dr. Lippe's] Lady Macbeth was as fine a portrait as we have ever seen or heard on stage, the last one we saw being Branagh's at The Armory (a dud) and before that Rupert Goold's at BAM (a marvel.) Congratulations."
                              --Eugene & Delia M.


Performances were held:

*January 15th 2015, The Waldorf Astoria, The American Psychoanalytic Association National Meeting, 301 Park Avenue, NY, NY 10022

*January 30th 2015, The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, 141 Herrick Road, Newton Centre, MA 02459

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    • Mission
    • Meet The Team
  • Productions
    • Past Productions >
      • The Lion in Winter 2022
      • Macbeth 2021
      • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 2021
      • The Lion in Winter 2020
      • At Home at the Zoo - 2020
      • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2018
      • God of Carnage 2018
      • The Witches of Macbeth 2015
      • No Exit 2013
      • A Streetcar Named Desire 2014
      • Hamlet 2011
  • Press/Praise/Reviews
    • The Lion in Winter 2022 press
    • Macbeth
    • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    • At Home at the Zoo
    • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    • God of Carnage
    • The Witches of Macbeth
    • A Streetcar Named Desire
    • Hamlet
    • No Exit
    • The Lion in Winter
  • Contact Us
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