Episode 9
The Narcissist
In each episode of Series 5 you will hear the words and music of Maggie Bell, who experienced sexual, physical and emotional abuse by her brother for 17 years, from the ages of 5 to 22 years.
Sibling abuse is an often neglected aspect of incest and, like all forms of intrafamilial abuse, it carries longlasting impact on the victim-survivors. For Maggie, the prolonged severe abuse she endured resulted in Dissociative Identity Disorder or D.I.D., in which different memories, reactions and feelings were isolated into separate parts of her personality.
To hear more about DID please listen to Episode 1 and for more about Maggie’s story please listen to Episode 2. During the long years of her abuse Maggie used music as a way to escape her trauma as well as to express herself when words were not allowed.
All of the pieces you will hear in this series have been created by Maggie as part of an exploration of living with D.I.D, with different parts or groups of parts composing each piece as a way of explaining the experiences or feelings they hold. Dr Jan Ewing.
NLM producer: Zoe Carides, Narrator: Jonathan Biggins, NLM producer: Tanya Lee and CorriLee Foundation's Jess Brain
Jonathan Biggins | Actor, Writer & Director
Jonathan Biggins is an actor, writer and director with a wide and varied stage career, perhaps best known for The Wharf Revue and most recently his one-man show The Gospel According to Paul.
Jonathan’s notable acting credits include Travesties, The White Guard and Ying Tong for STC, The Importance of Being Earnest for MTC, and The Mikado and Orpheus in the Underworld for Opera Australia.
Film and TV credits include The Messenger, Manny Lewis, A Few Best Men and Three Men and a Baby Grand.
Jonathan has written for Fairfax’s Good Weekend magazine, the musicals Living in the 70s and The Republic of Myopia, and the plays Australia Day and Talk.
Winner of two AWGIES, he is also the author of three books, including The 700 Habits of Highly Ineffective People. His other directing credits include Orpheus in the Underworld for Opera Australia, Avenue Q, for which he received a Helpmann Award, Pete the Sheep and Josephine Wants to Dance for Monkey Baa Theatre and Noises Off and Talk for STC.