"Histromania"
Suspect: "I am licensed to be crazy.  See here, I have my complete clinical file with me.  Sixteen times institutionalized--and always for the same reason:  "histromania": from the Latin 'histrones', which means, of course, "actor".  See, I can't stop myself from playing roles--and as you can tell I've already developed a rather rich repertory.  Of course, inside a theater this would be considered quite normal, but unfortunately I am more into real-life acting and I draw my company from real people--who don't know they're playing roles.  Which, by the way, is a good thing, as I don't have the money to pay them.  I did apply for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, but unfortunately Reagan cut the whole budget for dance and theater.  An actor who hates the theater.  It's terrible."




                                  
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