The Physicists

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Event The Physicists
Venue Globe Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Date 1980
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Explores the social responsibility of the scientist.It centres around an unrecognised genius who has made scientific discoveries so revolutionary and potentially dangerous that he decides to have himself committed to a mental hospital, in order to conceal his discoveries and protect the rest of mankind from their consequences.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Alix Bolton Actor Matron
Russ Burton Actor Herbert George Beutler/'Newton'
Marion Coxhead Actor Frau Lina Rose
Jack Dodd Actor Ernst Heinrich Ernesti/'Einstein'
Jane Dodd Actor Christine
Huntly Eliott Actor Johann Wilhelm Mobius (Patient)
Michelanne Forster Actor Nurse
Mary Greet Actor Psychiatrist
Maurice Halder Actor Policeman
Bill Harper Actor Richard Voss, Police Inspector
Penelope Harper Actor Anna
Michael Jackson Actor Chief Male Attendant
Jim Seeman Actor Missionary
Margaret Seeman Actor Marie
Bill Sewell Actor Police Doctor
David Thomson Actor Male Attendant
Anne Wickham Actor Police Stenographer
Noreen Ross Assistant Producer
Bill Sewell Director
Peter Krygsman Lighting Designer
George Wilkes Lighting Designer
Friedrich Dürrenmatt Playwright
Noreen Ross Prompt
John Campbell Properties Officer
Bonnie Hampton Properties Officer
Ngaire Sprague Properties Officer
Frank Grayson Set and/or Property Maker
Peter King Set and/or Property Maker
Alan Girvan Sound Artist
Peter King Stage Manager
Rochana Kerin Wardrobe Assistant
Charmian Smith Wardrobe Assistant
Text Nationality Switzerland
Further Information The Physicists was first performed at the Schauspielhaus, Zurich, on 21 February 1962.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 189331