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