abstract:The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a one-act chamber opera by Michael Nyman to an English-language libretto by Christopher Rawlence, adapted from the case study of the same name by Oliver Sacks by Nyman, Rawlence, and Michael Morris. It was first performed at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, on 27 October 1986.
Hisbooks, which includeAwakenings and The Man WhoMistookHis Wifefor aHat, introducedreaders to indelibletalesofpatientswithalmost outlandishly peculiarbrain disorders.