National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

2015
1h 43m
7.0

7.0/10

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Overview

Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors). Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brainscience institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
National Theatre
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date April 16, 2015
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt4624330

Cast

Damien Molony
Damien Molony

Spike

Olivia Vinall
Olivia Vinall

Hilary

Parth Thakerar
Parth Thakerar

Amal

Jonathan Coy
Jonathan Coy

Leo

Rosie Hilal
Rosie Hilal

Julia

Lucy Robinson
Lucy Robinson

Ursula

Anthony Calf
Anthony Calf

Jerry

Daisy Jacob
Daisy Jacob

Cathy

Vera Chok
Vera Chok

Bo

Kristin Atherton
Kristin Atherton

Elaine (on film)

Benjamin Powell
Benjamin Powell

Pianist

Key Crew

David Sabel
Executive Producer
Emma Keith
Producer
Tom Stoppard
Director