The Doctor
Published on 20. August 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-78682-844-6 (ISBN)
Description
Very freely adapting Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler, Robert Icke has written a gripping moral thriller that uses the lens of medical ethics to examine urgent questions of faith, belief, and scientific rationality.
How do we defend the "truth" when no one agrees what it is and many have reason to undermine it?
How do we defend the "truth" when no one agrees what it is and many have reason to undermine it?
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
136 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78682-844-6 (9781786828446)
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Robert Icke is a writer and director. His recent productions include Children of Nora, Oedipus (ITA) and The Doctor (West End, Almeida). His other work at the Almeida includes adapting and directing The Wild Duck, Mary Stuart (also West End and national tour), Uncle Vanya, Oresteia (also West End) and 1984 (co-created with Duncan Macmillan, also Broadway, West End, national and international tours). As director, his other productions include Hamlet (also West End and screened on BBC2), The Fever and Mr Burns. www.roberticke.com