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10 Days in a Madhouse. In 1887, 23-year-old reporter Nellie Bly, working for Joseph Pulitzer, feigns mental illness to go undercover in notorious Blackwell's Island, a mental institution for women, to expose corruption, abuse, and murder.
- (2.9K)
- Drama, History
- Timothy Hines
- 2015-11-11
This movie is based on Nellie Bly's book, "Ten Days in A Mad-House," which was published in 1887. The book details her experiences while living undercover at Bellevue Hospital, a women's insane asylum on Blackwell's Island, New York, for ten days.
- (2K)
- Thriller
- Karen Moncrieff
- 2019-01-19
10 Days in a Madhouse is a 2015 American biographical film about undercover journalist Nellie Bly, a reporter for Joseph Pulitzer 's New York World who had herself committed to the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island to write an exposé on abuses in the institution.
Aug 14, 2023 · This season, Opera Philadelphia presents the world premiere of Orth’s 10 Day in a Madhouse, co-commissioned by Opera Philadelphia and Tapestry Opera. With a libretto by Hannah Moscovitch, this psychological drama based on historical events follows the trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly through her internment at Blackwell's Asylum, exposing, as ...
Sep 22, 2023 · PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kiera Duffy is disturbed by “10 Days in a Madhouse” as much as an 1887 public was outraged by the squalid surroundings exposed by trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly.
10 Days in a Madhouse, written and directed by Timothy Hines (War of the Worlds – The True Story), sagaciously narrows down the scope of Bly’s biography to a pivotal episode in her ...
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Oct 5, 2023 · Intelligent and Moving, ’10 Days in a Madhouse’ Exemplifies the Power of Opera. Rene Orth and Hannah Moscovitch’s superb retelling of the story of Nellie Bly’s time in the Women's Lunatic...