A Life of Galileo
by Bertolt Brecht
(1943)
"Along with Mother Courage, the character of Galileo is one of Brecht's greatest creations, immensely live, human and complex. Unable to resist his appetite for scientific investigation, Galileo's heretical discoveries about the solar system bring him to the attention of the Inquisition. He is scared into publicly abjuring his theories but, despite his self-contempt, goes on working in private, eventually helping to smuggle his writings out of the country."
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Past productions listed on sci-stage.com
May 2017, Young Vic, London, UK  |
July 2014, Santa Monica Repertory Theater, Santa Monica Public Library, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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April 2014, Alice Laboratory Theatre, City Hall Theatre, Hong Kong, China
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March 2014, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge, UK
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March 2014, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Rose Theatre Kingston, London, UK
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March 2014, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Theatre Royal Bath, Bath, UK
March 2014, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, UK
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February 2014, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, UK
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January 2013, Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
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