National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem
2015 | 103m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Tom Stoppard |
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| Writer: | |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 16, 2015 |
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| Director: | Tom Stoppard |
| Writer: | |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | filmed theater |
| Production Companies | National Theatre |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: May 04, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Damien Molony | Spike |
| Olivia Vinall | Hilary |
| Parth Thakerar | Amal |
| Jonathan Coy | Leo |
| Rosie Hilal | Julia |
| Lucy Robinson | Ursula |
| Anthony Calf | Jerry |
| Daisy Jacob | Cathy |
| Vera Chok | Bo |
| Kristin Atherton | Elaine (on film) |
| Benjamin Powell | Pianist |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Mark Henderson | Lighting Design |
| Flo Buckeridge | General Manager |
| Fliss Williams | Production Manager |
| Conrad Fletcher | Sound Supervisor |
| Tom Giles | Unit Manager |
| Peter Edwards | Camera Operator |
| Giuseppe Ingrao | Camera Operator |
| Wayne Ratcliffe | Camera Operator |
| Matthew Scott | Music Arranger |
| Wendy Spon | Casting |
| Giuseppe Cannas | Wig Designer, Makeup Designer, Hair Designer |
| Paul Arditti | Sound Designer |
| Bernie Davis | Lighting Director |
| Judy Chesterman | Script Supervisor |
| Tony Freeman | Camera Supervisor |
| Paul Freeman | Camera Operator |
| David Neill | Camera Operator |
| Tracy Campbell | Sound Mixer |
| Paul Handley | Production Manager |
| Charlotte Sutton | Casting |
| Paul Knott | Lighting Supervisor |
| Tom Stoppard | Director, Theatre Play |
| Nicholas Hytner | Stage Director |
| Bob Crowley | Costume Design, Set Designer |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Emma Keith | Producer |
| David Sabel | Executive Producer |
| Julia Nelson | Associate Producer |
| Sam Psyk | Associate Producer |
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