Performance

Venue	Jermyn Street Theatre
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	2nd June 2022
To	2nd July 2022
When	Mon-Sat 19:30. Tue, Sat Mats 15:30
Jermyn Street Theatre (V207)
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Date of change: 19 Nov 21 - T02005624856

Cancelling Socrates

Work:: Cancelling Socrates (S022595869)

Today, Socrates is revered as the founding father of Western philosophy. But in 399BC Athens, he was a pain in the neck. The plague is over, democracy is (just about) restored, and everyone would like to get back to normal. How hard is it for one ageing firebrand to stop asking questions? It's time to shut him up...

Author

Howard Brenton

Production:: (T02005624856)

World Premiere. Based on eyewitness accounts, Cancelling Socrates is a provocative, witty and dangerous world premiere from Howard Brenton, one of our foremost dramatists, whose acclaimed plays have been staged at the National Theatre, RSC, Shakespeare's Globe, and worldwide. He reunites with our Artistic Director, Tom Littler.

Director	Tom Littler
Performer	Jonathan Hyde (Socrates)
Performer	Sophie Ward (Aspasia)
Performer	Robert Mountford
Performer	Hannah Morrish

Listing:: L0115936854

Production details

World Premiere. Based on eyewitness accounts, Cancelling Socrates is a provocative, witty and dangerous world premiere from Howard Brenton, one of our foremost dramatists, whose acclaimed plays have been staged at the National Theatre, RSC, Shakespeare's Globe, and worldwide. He reunites with our Artistic Director, Tom Littler.

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