The Insanity of Mary Girard Script: A Haunting Historical Docudrama

: Through these interactions, the play explores whether Mary is a sane woman being driven to madness by her environment or if she has truly lost her mind. By the end, Mary "grows rather convincingly into her diagnosis" as a means of escape. Characters in the Script

: The play begins on Mary's first day of confinement, where she is strapped into a "tranquilizing chair".

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