Table in the Air
10-minute play
Marie Curie prides herself in being a rational scientist. Unfortunately, her husband has fallen under the spell of a notorious “medium”. To protect Pierre’s reputation, Marie must expose the fraud.
CHARACTERS:
Female
Marie Curie, 37, Polish scientist, slim
Eusapia Palladino (Sapia), 51, Italian conjurer, stocky
Male
Pierre Curie, 45, French scientist
SETTING:
Psychological Institute, Paris, France
TIME:
Evening, 1905
CHARACTERS:
Female
Marie Curie, 37, Polish scientist, slim
Eusapia Palladino (Sapia), 51, Italian conjurer, stocky
Male
Pierre Curie, 45, French scientist
SETTING:
Psychological Institute, Paris, France
TIME:
Evening, 1905
(workshop/reading)
Stage to Page
Playwrights' Studio
Centre of Contemporary Arts
Glasgow, UK
November 25, 2019
Cast: Marjorie Ferry (Marie), George Docherty (Pierre), Janette Foggo (Sapia)
Directed by Calum Beaton
Stage to Page
Playwrights' Studio
Centre of Contemporary Arts
Glasgow, UK
November 25, 2019
Cast: Marjorie Ferry (Marie), George Docherty (Pierre), Janette Foggo (Sapia)
Directed by Calum Beaton
Listed as a Third Place Winner (yet to be produced) in Best Ten Minute Plays of 2019 (Smith & Kraus)
Honorable Mention at the 2019 Science Playwriting Competition, The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics and the C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stony Brook University, New York.
Marie Curie (Table in the Air) is the second part of a trilogy of short plays: Female Scientists to the Rescue.