The Physicists

The Physicists at Donmar Warehouse

Why see The Physicists?

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.

Key Information

Run Time

Two hours and 5 minutes with one interval

Dates

Finished 21 Jul 2012

Cast

Sophie Thompson as Dr Mathilde von Zahnd
Miranda Raison as Nurse
Paul Bhattacharjee as Albert Einstein
John Heffernan as Johann Mobius
Justin Salinger as Issac Newton
Joanna Brookes
John Ramm

Creative

By Friedrich Dürrenmatt, in a new version by Jack Thorne
Director: Josie Rourke
Designer: Rob Jones
Lighting Designer: Hugh Vanstone
Sound Designer: Emma Laxton
Composer: Michael Bruce

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