Science on Stage From Doctor Faustus to Copenhagen

Name: Science on Stage From Doctor Faustus to Copenhagen
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ISBN: 9780691121505

ISBN-10: 0691121508

ISBN-13: 9780691121505

Edition: 2006

Authors: Kirsten Shepherd-Barr

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Science on Stageis the first full-length study of the phenomenon of "science plays"--theatrical events that weave scientific content into the plot lines of the drama. The book investigates the tradition of science on the stage from the Renaissance to the present, focusing in particular on the current wave of science playwriting. Drawing on extensive interviews with playwrights and directors, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr discusses such works as Michael Frayn'sCopenhagenand Tom Stoppard'sArcadia. She asks questions such as, What accounts for the surge of interest in putting science on the stage? What areas of science seem most popular with playwrights, and why? How has the tradition evolved…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 6/19/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 2.38" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Kirsten Shepherd-Barr teaches Modern Drama in the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford and is a Fellow of St. Catherine's College, Oxford. She is the author of "Ibsen and Early Modernist Theatre, 1890-1900" and has published widely in professional journals ranging from "Theatre Research International" to "American Scientist" to "Interdisciplinary Science Reviews".



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Tradition of Science Plays



Why Theater? The Appeal of Science Plays Now



"Living Newspapers" and Other Plays about Physics and Physicists



Copenhagen Interpretations: The Epistemology of Intention



Evolution in Performance: The Natural Sciences on Stage



Mathematics and Thermodynamics in the Theater



Doctors' Dilemmas: Medicine under the Scalpel



"Just a Fiction": Staging History and Truth


Conclusion Alternating Currents: New Trends in Science and Theater


Appendix: Four Centuries of Science Plays: An Annotated List


Notes


Bibliography


Index