Gas Light
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First performance | December 5, 1938 |
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Playwright | Patrick Hamilton |
Characters | Mr. Manningham; Mr. Rough; Mrs. Manningham; Elizabeth; Nancy |
Genres | Thriller |
Original language | English Language |
Adaptations | Gaslight |
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ID | 2475607 |
About Gas Light
Gas Light is a 1938 play by the British dramatist Patrick Hamilton. The play gave rise to the term "gaslighting", meaning a form of psychological abuse in which false information is presented to the victim with the intent of making them doubt their own memory and perception.