Program Change for May 21, 2014
Please note that in lieu of the one-woman play Sabina Spielrein, LBI and the Zürich Meets New York Festival will present the following theatrical performance featuring Graziella Rossi.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014, 7:00 PM | Lecture and Staged Reading
“How is this Professor Freud, and how does he actually behave?” Diary of an Analysis, April 1921
Swiss Actress Graziella Rossi
During a house cleaning in 1988, a historical and sensational diary was found, which gave new insight into Sigmund Freud’s working method. In 1921, young Zurich doctor Anna G. had been engaged to her fiancé for seven years. She had ever-growing doubts about her future but could not find the strength to break off the engagement. In order to clarify matters, she turned to Freud, then 65 years old, who agreed to see her under the following conditions: she must visit him one hour a day, six days a week, for fourteen weeks.
Actors Graziella Rossi and Tom Regan vividly capture their fascinating sessions in this 45-minute staged reading.
The material is based on a book edited by the granddaughter of Anna G., psychoanalyst Anna Koellreuter. Wie Bennimmt sich der Prof. Freud Eigentlich? (2009) will be published in the US in 2015.
A talk by Dr. Henry Zvi Lothane, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Mt. Sinai Hospital, will follow the performance.
Performance: Graziella Rossi and Tom Regan
Music: Saxophonist Harry White
Presented in partnership with the Zurich Meets New York Festival.
RSVP to (212) 744-6400 or mlegaspi@lbi.cjh.org
Free Admission