THE PHYSICISTS

by Jack Thorne

31 May – 21 July 2012

Another nurse murdered in the world’s most illustrious sanatorium. And who’s to blame this time: Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein or the brilliant Johann Wilhelm Möbius?

But what are these great minds doing here, together at the same time? Who are these men? And what have they got to hide?

Written in the shadow of the atom bomb and at a time of unprecedented scientific advance, Dürrenmatt’s hilariously satirical masterpiece, in this exhilarating new version by Jack Thorne, considers if insanity is the only refuge for the dangerously intelligent.

CAST
in order of speaking

Detective Inspector Richard Voss John Ramm
Nurse Marta Boll Joanna Brookes
Blocher/Wilfried-Kaspar Oliver Coopersmith
Coroner/Adolf-Friedrich Ben Hardy
Herbert Georg Beulter aka Newton Justin Salinger
Dr Mathilde von Zahnd Sophie Thompson
Ernst Heinrich Ernesti aka Einstein Paul Bhattacharjee
Mrs Lina Rose/Nurse Monika Stettler Miranda Raison
Johann Wilhelm Möbius John Heffernan
Uwe Sievers Adam McNamara
Fantam ‘The Phantom’ Murillo Obioma Ugoala

PRODUCTION

Director Josie Rourke
Designer Robert Jones
Lighting Designer Hugh Vanstone
Sound Designer Emma Laxton
Composer Michael Bruce
Casting Director Anne McNulty
Production Manager IGOR
Company Stage Manager Laura Draper
Deputy Stage Manager Donna Reeves
Assistant Stage Manager Annique Reynolds
Assistant Director Hannah Price
Dialect Coach Penny Dyer
Fight Director Bret Yount
Costume Supervisor Stephanie Arditti
Rehearsal Photographer Simon Kane
Production Photographer Johan Persson

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