The Physicists

We are wild animals. They can't let us loose on humanity.
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
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
Director: Josie Rourke
Designer: Rob Jones
Lighting Designer: Hugh Vanstone
Sound Designer: Emma Laxton
Composer: Michael Bruce
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