With Freud’s Last Session, playwright Mark St. Germain follows a simple formula for success -- put two compelling characters with differing viewpoints onstage, then stay out of their way and let them speak. In this case, the characters are two towering thinkers of the 20th century. There is Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis and a staunch atheist, and C.S. Lewis, a … [Read more...]
What-if meeting of minds inspired ‘Freud’ playwright
A meeting between Sigmund Freud -- the father of psychoanalysis and a staunch atheist -- and C.S. Lewis, a convert to Christianity and author of the series of religious allegories, The Chronicles of Narnia. There is no evidence that such a match-up ever took place, but it is the basis of Mark St. Germain’s what-if drama, Freud’s Last Session, opening Friday at West Palm … [Read more...]