A Madwoman's Diary
May 7 - 9 Esplanade
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She prayed fervently, "If this thought is madness, God! Give us all the courage to be mad."A woman has forsaken her husband and children; she continues to fight for her country’s freedom. A woman has kept her stillborn baby in her workplace locker; she is trying to make sense of her predicament. Accusation. Judgment. Estrangement. She - a wife, mother, animal and politician - is a prisoner of her own conscience. Is she a victim or a criminal? Is she selfish or selfless?
Inspired by two real-life stories, A Madwoman’s Diary is an intimate and gritty two-woman play (performed by Li Xie and Goh Guat Kian) which offers a visceral insight into the complex psyche and heart-rending inner strength of extraordinary individuals when stranded in domestically intricate and socio-politically charged situations of choice, but never letting go of hope.
She prayed fervently, "If this thought is madness, God! Give us all the courage to be mad."A woman has forsaken her husband and children; she continues to fight for her country’s freedom. A woman has kept her stillborn baby in her workplace locker; she is trying to make sense of her predicament. Accusation. Judgment. Estrangement. She - a wife, mother, animal and politician - is a prisoner of her own conscience. Is she a victim or a criminal? Is she selfish or selfless?
Inspired by two real-life stories, A Madwoman’s Diary is an intimate and gritty two-woman play (performed by Li Xie and Goh Guat Kian) which offers a visceral insight into the complex psyche and heart-rending inner strength of extraordinary individuals when stranded in domestically intricate and socio-politically charged situations of choice, but never letting go of hope.
昨晚，我与友人看了这部剧，演的是两个真实的，有关女人的故事被软禁的翁山淑枝和把出生时就夭折的孩子放置在NTUC locker的母亲。
看戏的时候，最让我一直在冥想的事情是，这两个女人在面对当时的情况的时候，她们的脑子里在想些什么。尤其是那位精神失常的母亲，在她把夭折的婴孩锁起来的两个星期里，她的内心在想什么；一个徘徊在神志不清却有些许思维逻辑的母亲，是否知道她的做法是违法的。
其实这位母亲会走到如此地步，关键就在于她长期被丈夫虐待毒打，甚至被丈夫逼迫去堕胎两次。当她第三次怀孕时，她不敢告诉丈夫，也不愿堕胎，但又面临无经济能力抚养孩子的困境，一个女人要承担这一切，如何能保持神志清醒呢？婴儿就在母亲这样的惊恐状态下诞生，但一出世，就没有了呼吸。母亲就把他装在一个黑色垃圾袋里，带着这个死婴上班，把他锁在工作岗位的储物柜里，直到两个星期后，储物柜发出阵阵臭味，才让人揭发了这个惨剧。
这位母亲接下来得要独自面对什么？
世人的辱骂、法律的制裁、心理医生的辅导、警方的调查、律师的盘问、法官的判决、报章上的批评、丈夫的嫌弃、失去孩子的痛苦……
而这一切发生的导火线－－这位母亲的丈夫，却可以置身事外，让他的妻子孤独地面对一切，真的是很令人感到愤怒。当时，当这个惨剧被报道出来的时候，大家都觉得这位母亲很残忍，人人都在辱骂她，但却忘了她的丈夫其实也是罪魁祸首。当时，我想，可能是因为母亲害怕受到法律的制裁，所以孩子一出世就夭折时，不敢报警。不过看了这部剧之后，我才明白，这位母亲把孩子放置在储物柜里，是因为她舍不得孩子离开她，她要保护孩子，不让任何人，甚至她的丈夫去伤害他。她的行为虽然不理智，但她的母爱却是发乎常理的。
她爱她的孩子，可是没有人关心这一点。
我想再多的心理治疗，再多的药物治疗，都没有办法抚平这位母亲的伤痕。
这部剧让我颠覆了当时看这则母亲藏起死婴的新闻的看法，让我透过另一个角度去理解当事人的处境和内心世界，让我们在辱骂受害者之前，先理解他们背后的故事。
真是值得欣赏的一部剧。
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