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Albert Einstein is not feeling too good. His house is empty, his cat is missing, he can t remember where he put his violin - and he is slowly driving himself insane as he struggles to solve the unanswerable question - "Did I do the right thing?" When a family friend, newly released from a Chinese POW camp, comes to visit, a warm reunion soon becomes an explosive collision of opposing beliefs on the subjects of evil, the winning of wars, and the construction of the world s first weapon of mass destruction the atomic bomb. Commemorating the World Year of Physics, the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the centenary of Einstein’s famous papers on relativity, and the 50th anniversary of Einstein’s death, the Finborough Theatre’s newest writer-in-residence James Graham has written a blackly humorous and achingly moving play shining light on one of history’s most enduring figures and the unwilling father of a monster that the modern world is still struggling to cage.

Cast/Performers

Victor Spinetti (Albert Einstein), Gerard Monaco (Peter Bucky)

Creatives/Company

Author: James Graham
Company: Icarus Theatre Collective (in association with Concordance and Wildcard Theatre Company)
Director: Max Lewendel
Design: Alex Marker