A Life of Galileo

Details

Galileo'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.

Cast/Performers

Simon Russell Beale (Galileo), Oliver Ford Davies (The Cardinal Inquisitor), Zubin Varla (The Little Monk Fulganzio), Andrew Woodall (Cardinal Barberini later Pope), Tim McMullan (sc 10)), Ryan Watson (Andrea Sarti as a boy), Bryan Dick (Andrea Sarti older), Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (Virginia Galileo's daughter), Julia Ford (Signora Sarti), Dermot Kerrigan (Federzoni the lens grinder), Duncan Bell (Sagredo Galileo's friend), Bertie Carvel (Ludovico Marsili), Tristan Beint (Cosimo De Medici older / First Monk / First Clerk / Guarding Monk), Ian Barritt (Chamberlain / Very Old Cardinal / Vanni), Simon Merrells (Philosopher / Clavius / The Rector), Christopher Gilling (Mathematician / Astronomer), Amit Shah (Second Monk / Second Clerk), Sam Spruell (Cardinal Bellarmin / Footman), Marcus Cunningham (Ballad-Singer / Guard / Peasant), Sarah Annis (1st Girl / Ballad-Singer's Wife), Natalie Best (2nd Girl), Lucy Vandi (3rd Girl), Steven Williams (Boy), Jamie Manton (Cosimo De Medici as a boy), Callum Williams, Stephen Williams

Creatives/Company

Author: Bertolt Brecht
Producer: National Theatre
Adapted by: David Hare
Director: Howard Davies
Design: Bunny Christie
Lighting: Mark Henderson