National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem (2015)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2015-04-16
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 43min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: National Theatre
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Tom Stoppard
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Summary

Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors). Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brainscience institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one.

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  • Damien Molony

    as Spike

  • Olivia Vinall

    as Hilary

  • Parth Thakerar

    as Amal

  • Jonathan Coy

    as Leo

  • Rosie Hilal

    as Julia

  • Lucy Robinson

    as Ursula

  • Anthony Calf

    as Jerry

  • Daisy Jacob

    as Cathy

  • Vera Chok

    as Bo

  • Kristin Atherton

    as Elaine (on film)

  • Benjamin Powell

    as Pianist
Writing Tom Stoppard Theatre Play
Directing Nicholas Hytner Stage Director
Art Bob Crowley Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up Bob Crowley Costume Design
Lighting Mark Henderson Lighting Design
Sound Paul Arditti Sound Designer
Sound Johann Sebastian Bach Music
Production David Sabel Executive Producer
Production Emma Keith Producer
Production Julia Nelson Associate Producer
Production Flo Buckeridge General Manager
Production Sam Psyk Associate Producer
Production Fliss Williams Production Manager
Lighting Bernie Davis Lighting Director
Sound Conrad Fletcher Sound Supervisor
Directing Judy Chesterman Script Supervisor
Production Tom Giles Unit Manager
Camera Tony Freeman Camera Supervisor
Camera Peter Edwards Camera Operator
Camera Paul Freeman Camera Operator
Camera Giuseppe Ingrao Camera Operator
Camera David Neill Camera Operator
Camera Wayne Ratcliffe Camera Operator
Sound Tracy Campbell Sound Mixer
Sound Matthew Scott Music Arranger
Production Paul Handley Production Manager
Production Wendy Spon Casting
Production Charlotte Sutton Casting
Costume & Make-Up Giuseppe Cannas Wig Designer
Costume & Make-Up Giuseppe Cannas Hair Designer
Costume & Make-Up Giuseppe Cannas Makeup Designer
Lighting Paul Knott Lighting Supervisor
Directing Tom Stoppard Director

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