Abstract
Great Apes, originally a novel by Will Self, directly challenges our conception of what it is to be a human, what it is to be an ape, and what it is to be mentally ill. The play at the Arcola Theatre, London, follows Simon Dykes (Bryan Dick), a Turner Prize-winning artist, as he plunges into a drug-addled night out with his girlfriend, and awakes in a dystopian nightmare: not only is the woman he wakes up to a chimpanzee, but so is everyone around him. He is promptly admitted to a psychiatric hospital to treat his delusion of being human.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | e11 |
| Journal | Lancet Psychiatry |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 May 2018 |
Research Groups and Themes
- SPS Centre for Gender and Violence Research