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Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 5m
Alan Alda
"Juicy, gaslit melodrama [...] illuminates the challenges that Marie Curie faced in pursuing a career in the sciences at a time when it was virtually unheard of for women to take prominent roles in academic or public life." – The New York Times
With backbreaking work in a ramshackle lab in Paris, Marie Curie and her husband, Pierre, achieve a revolutionary understanding of radiation and share a Nobel Prize. When her beloved Pierre dies in an accident, Marie is plunged into depression. Paul Langevin, fleeing an unhappy marriage, gives her the strength to return to her work. But the scandal over their affair threatens to end her career – just when she might become the first person ever to receive a second Nobel Prize.
2011 Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles, California.
MARIE CURIE - Early 40s; slight Polish accent. PAUL LANGEVIN - A little younger than Marie. PIERRE CURIE - A little older than Marie. JEANNE LANGEVIN - 30s. ÉMILE BOREL - 40s; a mathematician. MARGUERITE BOREL - 20s; a novelist. CAN BE PLAYED BY THE SAME ACTOR: TERBOUGIE - 50s; a journalist; can be played by the same actor who plays TÖRNEBLADH. TÖRNEBLADH - 50s; a scientist; Swedish accent; can be played by the same actor who plays TERBOUGIE.
OTHER CHARACTERS, PLAYED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY: SECONDS AT A DUEL STUDENTS
Alan Alda – Winner! John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatre
“Juicy, gaslit melodrama…illuminates the challenges that Marie Curie faced in pursuing a career in the sciences at a time when it was virtually unheard of for women to take prominent roles in academic or public life.” – The New York Times