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Hawking's Dream
Hawking's Dream
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Last Copy!
Author: Erwin Riess Translated by: Penny Black Publisher: Oberon Modern Plays Format: Softcover # of Pages: 72 Pub. Date: 2001 ISBN-10: 1840020393 ISBN-13: 9781840020397 Cast Size: 3 female, 5 male
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About
the Play:
HARD TO FIND BOOK, only a very limited
number of copies are still available.
Hawking's Dream is a full-length drama by Erwin Riess,
translated by Penny Black. Subtitled The Grand Unified
Quantum Theory Of Human Gravity, the play is a satirical
look at recent social and political developments in Europe taking the
form of one of Stephen Hawking's dreams.
Hawking's Dream is bold and darkly funny. Stephen Hawking
is a world famous professor and astro-physicist, but what does he
dream about? Sex amongst the stars, inflatable whales and powerful,
nightmarish figures from politics and industry campaigning to
introduce euthanasia into Europe. Erwin Riess, himself
confined to a wheelchair, takes a satirical look at social and
political developments – especially, the reappearance of policies
from Europe's darkest hour – policies which, in the 1930s, caused
the enforced exile of Sigmund Freud to Britain.
Hawking's Dream was first
performed in 2000 at Theatro Technis, a premier fringe theatre in
central London.
Cast: 3 female, 5 male
What people say:
"A wild, cosmic comedy."
— ORF (Austrian
TV)
"Hard-hitting and moving."
— Zurich Tagesanzeiger
About the Playwright:
Erwin Riess is an Austrian playwright and dramatist. Born
in Vienna, he attended school in Krems, Austria and later returned to
Vienna to study policy and theatre science. In 1983 he was confined
to a wheelchair after the discovery of a back tumor, and feels this
has enabled him to write – often satirically. He has since been
active in disability campaigns and humanitarian efforts to improve
living conditions for disabled persons in Austria. He is a free-lance
writer providing material for many magazines and newspapers and
writing theatrical works, many of which have been performed
internationally. Based on the life of Stephen Hawking, Hawking's
Dream is arguably his most famous and well-received work.
Penny Black attended drama school in Vienna, where she
learned her German. Since returning to the UK she has translated over
40 plays for a variety of theatres such as the Royal Court, the Gate,
National Theatre International Connections, Lyric Hammersmith, White
Bear, Arcola, Etcetera Theatre as well as venues in America and
Australia. She has also translated books for young people and an
autobiography and has written two stage plays. She lives in London.
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