Bedlam

Bedlam

Bedlam is the former name of Bethlem Royal Hospital, one of the first psychiatric hospitals in Western Europe.

Bedlam may also refer to:

*Bedlam, North Yorkshire, a village in England
*Bedlam, Shropshire, a small hamlet near Bitterley in Shropshire, England
*Bedlam Furnaces, iron works which existed in the Ironbridge Gorge during the industrial revolution, in Shropshire
* The Bedlam Series, the NCAA College Sports rivalry between the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University
*Bedlam Theatre, the venue of the Edinburgh University Theatre Company and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
*Bedlam, the nickname for Institute F.C.'s Riverside Stadium
*"Bedlam" (film), a 1946 movie starring Boris Karloff
*Bedlam cube, a toy invented by Bruce Bedlam
*"UFC 85: Bedlam", a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event

In music:
*"Bedlam Ballroom", a 2000 album by the Squirrel Nut Zippers
*"Boys Of Bedlam", a song based on the poem "Tom O' Bedlam", by Steeleye Span from their album "Please to See the King"
*"Bedlam Boys", a song also based on "Tom O' Bedlam", by Old Blind Dogs
*Bedlam, a Horrorcore rap group
*"Bedlam" (EP), by metal band Twilightning
*"Back to Bedlam", a 2004 album by British musician James Blunt
*"The Bedlam in Goliath", a 2008 album by The Mars Volta
*"Bedlam in Belgium", a song by hard rock band AC/DC from their album "Flick of the Switch"
*"Bedlam 1-2-3", a song by thrash metal band Exodus
*"Lords of Bedlam", a song by metal band Hollenthon
*"Bedlam Bridge", a song from the album "Blue Sky Mining" by Australian pop-rock band Midnight Oil
*"Pure Bedlam for Halfbreeds", a song by experimental metal band Polkadot Cadaver on their album "Purgatory Dance Party"
*Bedlam sound system, a former UK-based music collective
*"Marching Off to Bedlam", a song on the album "They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!", by Napoleon XIV

In literature:
*"Bedlam", a science fiction novel by John Brosnan
*"Bedlam Planet", a science fiction novel by John Brunner
*Bedlam (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant character
*Tom of Bedlam, a character in Shakespeare's play King Lear; a disguise of Edgar, the legitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester
* Bedlam, a psychiatric hospital in the book "Rebel Angels" by Libba Bray
* The Bedlam, a mentally impaired character in the play "The Roses of Eyam"
*"Tom O'Bedlam", an anonymous poem written circa 1600


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  • Bedlam — • A London hospital originally intended for the poor suffering from any ailment and for such as might have no other lodging, hence its name, Bethlehem, in Hebrew, the house of bread. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Bedlam     Be …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Bedlam — Bed lam, a. Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. The bedlam, brainsick duchess. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bedlam — Bed lam, n. [See {Bethlehem}.] 1. A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse. Abp. Tillotson. [1913 Webster] 2. An insane person; a lunatic; a madman. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Let s get the bedlam to lead him. Shak.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bedlam — bezeichnet ein englisches Synonym für Chaos oder Wahnsinn, abgeleitet von dem Namen der Londoner psychiatrischen Klinik Bethlem Royal Hospital einen Horrorfilm aus dem Jahre 1946 mit Boris Karloff, siehe Bedlam (Film) ein kurzlebiges Bandprojekt… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bedlam —    Drame de Mark Robson, avec Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Ian Wolf.   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1947   Technique: noir et blanc   Durée: 1 h 20    Résumé    Au XVIIIe siècle, une demi mondaine réussit à briser la tyrannie scandaleuse du… …   Dictionnaire mondial des Films

  • bedlam — [bed′ləm] n. [ME Bedlam, Bethlem, var. of BETHLEHEM] 1. [B ] an old insane asylum (in full, St. Mary of Bethlehem), later a hospital for the mentally ill, in London 2. Archaic any insane asylum 3. any place or condition of noise and confusion …   English World dictionary

  • Bedlam — (Bedlem), 1) Irrenhaus in London daher 2) überhaupt Tollhaus …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Bedlam — (spr. béddläm, korrumpiert aus Bethlehem), Name des berühmten Irrenhauses in London (St. George s Fields), das 1547 aus einer Propstei »Unsers Herrn von Bethlehem« (1246 gegründet) entstand, die von Heinrich VIII. bei Aufhebung det Klöster der… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Bedlam — (spr. béddlämm, aus »Bethlehem«), Irrenhaus in London; Bedlamit, Tollhäusler …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Bedlam — (spr. Beddlämm) oder Bethlehem Hospital, ein großes Irrenhaus in London, daher Bedlamit soviel als Wahnsinniger …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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