MARQUIS DE SADE, A FRENCH PRECURSOR OF PSYCHODRAMA

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  • ANNE ANCELIN SCHUTZENBERGER Author

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https://doi.org/10.12926/7wfzpv21

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PSYCHODRAMA

Abstract

Zerka Moreno stated clearly at the Third International Congress of Group Psychotherapy in Milan, 1963, that therapeutic acting in a theatrical play is not psychodrama per se. Nevertheless, it should be pointed out that it was through acting in the Living Newspaper* in the Impromptu Theater, Vienna, 1923, that Barbara was cured of her neurosis by J. L. Moreno and psychodrama was discovered.

References

1. A play "written" by a playwright in which mental patients play all the partsa la de Sade.

2. A play "written" by a patient portraying his own problem, in which he plays the main part and in which other mental patients play the auxiliary parts.

3. A play "written" by a playwright about a specific patient in which the patient plays the main part, with the other patients acting the auxiliary parts.

4. Improvisations: Psychodrama, Sociodrama, Role Playing-their many varieties.

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Published

2025-01-06

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Vol. 19 No. 1-2 (1966): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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