Bonus Episode 34

DESCRIPTION: 

The Victorian era was an interesting time of development — advancements in machinery and modern medicine must have seemed like a new world. That said, it was also a time of great social inequality and hardship. Art was used to start a dialogue on the social issues that plagued Britain, and the period gave rise to some of the most notable artists and writers in history. While many artists were seen as eccentric characters, it was well-known that eccentricity lends itself to a creative mind. It was also well-known that a fine line existed between an extraordinary mind and a troubled one. As Aristotle once said, “There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”

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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane

Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.

Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton

Narration, editing assistance, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.

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MUSIC: 

Time Cannot Take Our Love by Joshua Spacht 

Rag Doll by Wicked Cinema 

Crooked Man by Wicked Cinema 

St Mary by Chelsea McGough And Stephen Keech 

Garden by Grant Borland 

Wolgrim by Cody Martin 

Etheria by Cody Martin 

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REFERENCES: 

DOCUMENTS

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117673/extradition-review.pdf

https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1843/jun/30/extradition-of-offenders

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2902100/

NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE

The Standard - Sept 1, 1843 

The Standard - Sept 5, 1843 

The Standard - Sept 6, 1843 

The Standard - Sept 25, 1843 

The Standard - Aug 6, 1844 

The Examiner - Sept 2, 1843 

The Examiner - Sept 9, 1843 

The Examiner - Sept 16, 1843 

The Morning Chronicle - Sept 2, 1843 

The Morning Chronicle - Sept 4, 1843 

The Morning Chronicle - Sept 7, 1843 

The Morning Chronicle - Sept 11, 1843 

Jaxon’s Oxford Journal - Sept 2, 1843 

The Observer - Sept 3, 1843 

The Freeman’s Journal - Sept 4, 1843 

The Morning Post - Sept 5, 1843 

The Morning Post - Sept 9, 1843 

The Morning Post - Sept 11, 1843 

The Morning Post - Sept 12, 1843 

The Morning Post - Sept 13, 1843 

The Morning Post - Mar 23, 1844 

The Morning Post - Nov 28, 1844 

The Morning Post - May 2, 1844 

The Morning Post - Aug 6, 1844 

The Times - Sept 6, 1843 

The Times - Sept 11, 1843 

The Times - Aug 7, 1844  

The North Devon Journal-Herald - Sept 7, 1843 

Chester Chronicle - Sept 15, 1843  

Manchester Times - Oct 7, 1843 

The Guardian - Jul 31, 1844 

The Bath Chronicle - Aug 1, 1844 

The Birmingham Journal - Sept 26, 1857

The Art Union - Oct, 1843

BOOKS

‘The Late Richard Dadd, 1817 - 1886’ by Patricia Allderidge (1974) - https://archive.org/details/latericharddadd10000alld

ONLINE SOURCES

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bedlam

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedlam#learn-more

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/victorian/

https://artuk.org/discover/stories/art-for-reform-and-social-change-in-victorian-britain#

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bedlam-the-horrors-of-lon_b_9499118

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20161213-how-bedlam-became-a-palace-for-lunatics

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24619106

https://bcmj.org/premise/history-bloodletting

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4847396/

https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/about-us/library-archives/archives/madness-to-mental-illness-online-archive/important-legal-cases-of-the-19th-century-james-hadfield.pdf

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/richard-dadd-130/richard-dadd-artist-and-asylum