THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
THE FRIENDS OF THE A. A. BRILL LIBRARY & THE THEATER SERIES
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd
Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 7-10 p.m.
DVD of Hamlet’s Murder Trial
Is He Guilty or Innocent by Reason of Insanity?
That Is One Question
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Presides
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy presides over this trial of Hamlet for the murder of Polonius. Four litigators argue for Hamlet’s guilt or innocence based on whether or not he was mentally ill. Expert witnesses include Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, Chief of Psychiatry at Columbia and Dr. Alan Stone, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard. This DVD was taped at the Kennedy Center in 2007.
DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW DVD:
MODERATOR: DAN PREZANT, Ph.D., Psychoanalyst
CHRISTIAN CAMARGO, schedule permitting, currently playing Hamlet for the Theater for a New Audience, will give his perspective
FRED SANDER, M.D., Psychoanalyst & Family Therapist, What’s the matter with “What’s the matter with Hamlet”
HENRY WEINSTEIN, M.D., Director, Program in Psychiatry & The Law, NYU School of Medicine
FEE: $20 per ticket to Benefit the NYPSI Library, payable to NYPSI.
Free for the Friends of the Library.
RSVP in Advance as we expect a FULL HOUSE: 212-879-6900.
For information about our training programs please visit us at: www.psychoanalysis.org