Absurdities: A double bill of absurd comedies
Wolvercote Village Hall, Oxford, OX2 8BD
Wednesday 15th April 2026 - Saturday 18th April 2026
Suppressed Desires was first performed in 1914. It lampoons the 1910s obsession with psychoanalysis.
Forced psychoanalytic interpretations of dreams nearly destroy a marriage before the final realisation of the folly of obsession.
The Epidemic is a tragic farce written by Octave Mirbeau in 1898 that serves as a biting satire of municipal politics and the selfishness of the elite.
Both these plays can be termed "antique" but they share alarming contemporary themes.
Forced psychoanalytic interpretations of dreams nearly destroy a marriage before the final realisation of the folly of obsession.
The Epidemic is a tragic farce written by Octave Mirbeau in 1898 that serves as a biting satire of municipal politics and the selfishness of the elite.
Both these plays can be termed "antique" but they share alarming contemporary themes.
