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GASLIGHT

GASLIGHT
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a play by Patrick Hamilton (1909 - 1962) in which a man tries to drive his wife insane. NED Approved Glossary
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a play by Patrick Hamilton (1909 - 1962) in which a man tries to drive his wife insane.a play by Patrick Hamilton in which a man tries to drive his wife insane.a play by Patrick Hamilton (later called Angel Street) in which a man tries to drive his wife insane.a stage suspense thriller by English playwright and novelist Patrick Hamilton (1904-1962). In the play, a Victorian wife is deliberately being driven insane by her murderous husband Gregory Anton, who is searching for jewelry belonging to the wife's deceased aunt (whom he murdered). Anton steals things from his wife and hides them, making her believe she misplaced them and is losing her memory, all the while increasingly reminding her that her "memory lapses" are disturbing their social life. He further accuses her of stealing items, including his own, and hiding them. By working out how to make the gaslights in her rooms dim and flicker and by pretending she is the only one who can see this he convinces her she is hallucinating. His plans are foiled; however, when a suspicious detective discovers his scheme to kill his wife and the murder of her aunt. The play was later made into a motion picture.