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London — “Stranger "Things" star David Harbor said his own mental illness experience influenced part of his new London play "Mad House," a dark comedy written by renowned author Theresa Rebeck. I am saying.
A 47-year-old actor, who recently told Big Issue magazine in the UK that he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 26, said a conversation with an American playwright helped form the script.
"People talk a lot about wanting to talk about mental illness, but as I always talk about whether the discussion is stale or how people with mental illness are monsters. I feel. "Harbor told Reuters before the preview performance.
"I've experienced it myself, so I wanted to truly express what it was, so she was based on what I did a lot. I wrote a play about a pandemic and talked to her. It's her play, but I definitely contributed a part of myself to it, so to do that, it's a very personal expression for me.
The play starring the harbor opposite the veteran theater and the Hollywood actor Bill Pullman, who plays the head of a dying family.
Harbor plays Michael, his son and primary caregiver, who has suffered from mental health problems throughout his life.
As his father's health deteriorated, Michael's sister and brother also went home, and their subsequent rivalry, underlying trauma, and preparations for his death went crazy. I changed it to a house.
"What I'm really proud of is the care of death and hospice, and the care of dying people and mental illness, a really nasty discussion of all these issues. That's what Harbor said.
"It's done in a very nasty way, it's neither right nor bad. You can live by answering these questions. Hopefully you'll get out of the theater and ask more questions. , You can ask deeper questions. "
" Madhouse "will be performed at the Ambassadors Theater in London from June 26th to September 4th. (Report by Hannarantara, edited by William McLean)
