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JACOB ZIMMER
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Jacob Zimmer's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates
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Life of Galileo Summer SpectacularLife of Galileo
Synopsis:
A contemporary translation of Brecht's timeless classic on the ethics of progress and the responsibility that comes with knowledge. Directed by the sign Brecht had taped above his typewriter, "Simpler, with more laughter, "this translation reveals a play with humour and political and emotional depth that moves quickly on the page and stage. Brecht's play pushes beyond the story of Galileo that we all know-that of a great scientist prosecuted by the ignorant Church and nobly recanting in order to write his world-changing master work in secret-to question the legend that has emerged around this controversial figure. Completed after the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Brecht's Life of Galileo lays bare the notion of scientific research and progress for its own sake. It proposes a social and ethical responsibility for scientists and intellectuals that remains radical in these days of venture capital science and economic justifications. Forcefully asking what the role of the intellectual and thinker is in relation to power and the status quo, Life of Galileo continues to stand as a vitally important Drama.
Notes:
Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht. Translated by Birgit Schreyer Duarte with Jacob Zimmer
1st Produced:
Berkley Street Theatre, Toronto 30 May 2010
Organisations:
Small Wooden Shoe, Toronto
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
translation / Drama
Parts:
Male: 10-20 Female: 10-20 Other: -
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Top of PageSummer Spectacular
Synopsis:
Labyrinths, A-Bombs, wax, secrets, the internet, the sun and overzealous despots. Small Wooden Shoe returns to the Fringe with an outdoor Summer Spectacular. A walking tour of Frankel Lampert Park transforms with giant puppets as we tour the mythologies of Daedalus and Icarus, Robert Oppenheimer and Aaron Swartz and a new tale created just for Toronto.
Notes:
created by Jacob Zimmer and the company
1st Produced:
Frankel Lambert Park, 340 Christie St, Toronto Fringe Festival 02 Jul 2014
Organisations:
Small Wooden Shoe
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
90 min Drama, Musical
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: 2 Other: -
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