The Wonderful World of Dissocia

Author: Anthony Neilson

Plays, playscripts

Published on 24 August 2023 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Methuen Drama) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Student Editions' series.

Paperback | 128 pages
197 x 131 x 8 | 146g

‘Anthony Neilson's 2004 play is half a lark, half deadly serious’ TIME OUT‘A profane, madcap, Alice-in-Wonderland trip morphs into something much more profound in Anthony Neilson’s weirdly compelling 2004 study of mental instability’ EVENING STANDARD Lisa Jones is on a journey. It's a colourful and exciting off-kilter trip in search of one lost hour that has tipped the balance of her life. The inhabitants of the wonderful world she finds herself in – Dissocia – are a curious blend of the funny, the friendly and the brutal.

This Student Edition of Anthony Neilson’s 2004 play, which premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival, features a commentary and notes by anna six. It introduces students to debates surrounding mental health and situates Neilson within a British theatrical tradition, including through an interview with him.