Martin Rayner as Freud and Mark H. Dold as Lewis c 2010 by Kevin Sprague
Freud’s Last Session by Mark St. Germain, Barrington Stage Company Production, The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre at the West Side Y. (Off-Broadway). 1st Run: July 22-November 27, 2010, 2nd Run: 1/14/11-open run.
Reviewed by Becca Kidwell
What would happen if Sigmund Freud and CS Lewis took a meeting? That is the premise of Mark St. Germain’s play Freud’s Last Session. Freud, played by Martin Rayner, invites the young scholar CS Lewis, played by Mark H. Dold, to find out how someone who had been a rational atheist could be deluded into believing in the “myth” of Christianity. Dr. Armand M. Nicholi, Jr.’s book, The Question of God, influenced St. Germain to posit what might transpire between these strong individuals. Continue reading
