Hysteria, Hampstead Theatre
In playwriting, there's near-perfection, perfection and oh-my-God-how-I-wish-I'd-written-that. Terry Johnson's Hysteria, which was first staged at the Royal Court 20 years ago, is definitely in the OMG category. Subtitled "Fragments of an Analysis of an Obsessional Neurosis", it is now a contemporary classic, and deservedly so. Both a demented farce and a serious study of psychoanalytical theory, both surrealistic an…