Dr. Freud, I presume? A pair of piercing new dramas are steeped in Freudian thought.(Critic's Notebook)(Oedipus Complex)(Singing Forest)(Critical Essay) From: American Theatre | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: Berson, Misha | COPYRIGHT 2004 Theatre Communications Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

One Sigmund Freud is a young Austrian neurologist grappling emotionally with the recent death of his father and articulating his bold new theory of the Oedipal complex in a lecture to fellow physicians.

The other Dr. Freud is the kindly dean of psychoanalysis, an illustrious septuagenarian who cannot believe the fascist brutality of Nazi Germany will spread to his cultivated home city of Vienna.

Both Sigmund Freuds were theatrical apparitions appearing on majo...