PSYCHODRAMATIC ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF STAGEFRIGHT

Abstract

According to the New Standard Dictionary of the English Language, stagefright is simply defined as "timidity or fright before an audience. But to understand the dynamics of stagefright, it is necessary to explore and elucidate the phenomenon from which it stems, the "histrionic neurosis. According to J. L. Moreno, histrionic neurosis occurs when the actor, in order to fulfill the requirements of various roles, has to suppress his own private psyche. He is trained to warm himself up emotionally, not to his own private needs and motivations, but to the various role prescriptions in the script, role prescriptions which have been created by other psyches, those of the playwrights.