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The Life of Galileo


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The Life of GalileoGalileo's astonishing proof that the earth moves around the sun shatters a belief held sacred for two thousand years. Considered an enemy of humanity, he's threatened with torture and faced with a terrible choice: integrity versus intellectual sell-out.
Author Bertolt Brecht

Production details

Part of the £10 Travelex Season

Special Performances

  • 4 Aug 06 Audio Described
  • 5 Aug 06 Audio Described
  • 2 Sep 06 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)

News etc

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Company

Producer National Theatre
Adapted by David Hare
Director Howard Davies
Design Bunny Christie
Lighting Mark Henderson
Performer Simon Russell Beale (Galileo)
Performer Oliver Ford Davies (The Cardinal Inquisitor)
Performer Zubin Varla (The Little Monk Fulganzio)
Performer Andrew Woodall (Cardinal Barberini later Pope)
Performer Tim McMullan (Andrea Sarti as a boy)
Performer Bryan Dick (Andrea Sarti older)
Performer Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (Virginia Galileo's daughter)
Performer Julia Ford (Signora Sarti)
Performer Dermot Kerrigan (Federzoni the lens grinder)
Performer Duncan Bell (Sagredo Galileo's friend)
Performer Bertie Carvel (Ludovico Marsili)
Performer Tristan Beint (Cosimo De Medici older/First Monk/First Clerk/Guarding Monk)
Performer Ian Barritt (Chamberlain/Very Old Cardinal/Vanni)
Performer Simon Merrells (Philosopher/Clavius/The Rector)
Performer Christopher Gilling (Mathematician/Astronomer)
Performer Amit Shah (Second Monk/Second Clerk)
Performer Sam Spruell (Cardinal Bellarmin/Footman)
Performer Marcus Cunningham (Ballad-Singer/Guard/Peasant)
Performer Sarah Annis (1st Girl/Ballad-Singer's Wife)
Performer Natalie Best (2nd Girl)
Performer Lucy Vandi (3rd Girl)
Performer Steven Williams (Boy)
Performer Jamie Manton (Cosimo De Medici as a boy)
Performer Callum Williams
Performer Stephen Williams
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