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...dominant person in the first half of the play is King Leontes (Donald Madden), whose consuming jealousy leads him to accuse his visiting boyhood chum King Polixenes (Jack Ryland) of fathering the child his innocent wife Hermione (Maria Tucci) is about to bring into the world. Many people have complained that we are not given the full background and unfolding of Leontes's jealousy. But Shakespeare had already written Othello and there was no need for him to write that play all over again. His purpose here is quite different...
...study, Drs. Denis Madden, John Lion and Manoel Penna of the University of Maryland School of Medicine conclude that psychiatrists may have a definite tendency to stir violence in their patients. In a poll of 115 psychiatrists working in hospitals, clinics and in private practice, the Maryland team found that no fewer than 48 admitted that they had been assaulted by patients on one or more occasions. Most of the psychiatrists agreed that upon reflection, they themselves had probably, if unwittingly, provoked the attacks...
...that psychiatrists are aggressive by nature. Far from it. Maryland's Madden notes that most of the analysts studied seemed "attracted to psychiatry by its contemplative nature and its use of verbal skills rather than any kind of physical management." Madden believes that psychiatrists as a breed are frequently so put off by violence that they repress awareness...
...Because they tend to avoid aggression, some psychiatrists miss signs that their patients may be violent-and hence do nothing to head off approaching trouble. In fact, the Maryland study found that psychiatrists as a rule dislike discussing violence with their patients, or even with each other. When Dr. Madden and his colleagues first asked their psychiatrist-subjects if they had ever been assaulted, the response was "no." Only when pressed did they admit to being attacked...
Remembering James Agee is a collection of remembrances by writers who play all of these roles, except perhaps the role of seriousness. All of the essays in this slim volume have appeared elsewhere (some in the Harvard Advocate) with the exception of David Madden's flawed but respectable attempt to regain the spirit of James Agee at a commemorative gathering...