Memoirs Of My Nervous Illness

Odd but never dull, Julian P. Hobb's impressionistic adaptation of Daniel Paul Schreber's baroque 1903 account of his mental disorder rests largely on a riveting performance by Tony Award-winning actor Jefferson Mays. The son of the noted 18th-century child-rearing expert Moritz Schreber (played by controversial artist Joe Coleman) who stressed posture, severe physical discipline and hygiene over all else, Daniel Paul Schreber (Mays), now a judge, suffers a serious psychotic break not long after beeing appointed Senatsprasident of Dresden's superior state court. Unable to sleep and convinced he's read his own newspaper obituary, Schreber travels with his wife,...