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National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

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.

Date: 04/16/2015
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Damien Molony, Olivia Vinall, Parth Thakerar, Jonathan Coy, Rosie Hilal, Lucy Robinson, Anthony Calf, Daisy Jacob, Vera Chok, Kristin Atherton, Benjamin Powell

Damien Molony as Spike in National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem Damien Molony

Olivia Vinall as Hilary in National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem Olivia Vinall

Parth Thakerar as Amal in National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem Parth Thakerar

Jonathan Coy as Leo in National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem Jonathan Coy

Rosie Hilal as Julia in National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem Rosie Hilal

Lucy Robinson as Ursula in National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem Lucy Robinson

Anthony Calf as Jerry in National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem Anthony Calf

Daisy Jacob as Cathy in National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem Daisy Jacob

Vera Chok as Bo in National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem Vera Chok

Kristin Atherton

Benjamin Powell

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