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2015-04-161h 43m

Drama

Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors). Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brainscience institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one.

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Tom Stoppard

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  1. Damien Molony

    Damien Molony

    Spike

  2. Olivia Vinall

    Olivia Vinall

    Hilary

  3. Parth Thakerar

    Parth Thakerar

    Amal

  4. Jonathan Coy

    Jonathan Coy

    Leo

  5. Rosie Hilal

    Rosie Hilal

    Julia

  6. Lucy Robinson

    Lucy Robinson

    Ursula

  7. Anthony Calf

    Anthony Calf

    Jerry

  8. Daisy Jacob

    Daisy Jacob

    Cathy

  9. Vera Chok

    Vera Chok

    Bo

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Revenue
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Keywords
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