A Staged Reading of the Play: And the Sun Stood Still: A Play about Nicolaus Copernicus

COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

Abstract

The aging Copernicus has shelved his wild idea of a Sun-centered cosmos, choosing instead to make peace with his bishop and concentrate on his private affairs. But a young stranger overturns those intentions when he arrives uninvited at Copernicus's door and pushes him to publish the dangerous theory.\\[4pt] Discussion of the play with the playwright after the staged reading.

Authors

  • Dava Sobel

    Playwright