The Lightest Element - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Nick Hern BooksISBN-13:9781839043758ISBN-10:183904375XUPC:9781839043758Book Category:DramaBook Subcategory:Women Authors, TypeBook Topic:HistoricalSize:7.56 x 4.88 x 0.32 inchesWeight:0.75Product ID:SCS8QDB7KR
Boston, 1956. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of the most eminent astronomers of the twentieth century, is about to be appointed Chair of Astronomy and the first woman to head a department at Harvard University. Only two things stand in her way: a covert investigation aimed at exposing her as a Communist sympathiser, and the entrenched conservatism of her male colleagues. When a student journalist asks to profile her, it feels like an opportunity to control her own narrative - assuming, of course, that the invitation is actually what it seems... Stella Feehily's play The Lightest Element is a taut drama exploring how a challenge to social norms can be almost as difficult as overturning scientific orthodoxy. It premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2024, directed by Alice Hamilton.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Nick Hern BooksISBN-13:9781839043758ISBN-10:183904375XUPC:9781839043758Book Category:DramaBook Subcategory:Women Authors, TypeBook Topic:HistoricalSize:7.56 x 4.88 x 0.32 inchesWeight:0.75Product ID:SCS8QDB7KR
Stella Feehily is an Irish playwright and actor. She was co-winner of the 2007 Susan Smith Blackburn Award for O Go My Man (Royal Court Theatre & Out of Joint, 2006). Her other plays include: This May Hurt A Bit (Out of Joint & Octagon Theatre, 2014); Bang Bang Bang (Out of Joint & Octagon Theatre, 2011); Dreams of Violence (Soho Theatre & Out of Joint, 2009); and Duck (Out of Joint, 2003).
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