Galileo's Daughter

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T509300330 (TRBATH04) World Premiere. Presented by arrangement with Duncan C Weldon and Paul Elliott for Triumph Entertainment Ltd and The Fantozzi Company LCC.Producer Theatre Royal Bath. Company Peter Hall Company. Director Peter Hall. Design Kevin Rigdon. Lighting Peter Mumford. Costume Kevin Rigdon. Costume Trish Rigdon. Performer Julian Glover. Performer Rebecca Hall. Performer Anna Carteret. Performer James Laurenson. Performer William Chubb.
18 Aug 04 to 28 Aug 04	Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L01376759794
9 Jul 04 to 14 Aug 04	Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L01080644388

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Play :: The year is 1633. The great visionary scientist, Galileo, is accused of heresy for arguing that the Earth moves round the sun. In Florence, his illegitimate daughter is living as a nun, a life ruled by poverty, tyrannical priests and the encroaching plague. But, from her cloistered world, Maria Celeste is her father's greatest source of strength and understanding. Galileo's Daughter is based on the award-winning novel by Dava Sobel who also wrote the best-selling Longitude. Timberlake Wertenbaker, author of Our Country's Good and one of our leading playwrights, has created an extraordinary vision of the complex love between father and daughter.

Author	Timberlake Wertenbaker (2004)
Book by	Dava Sobel