National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem (2015)
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.
Directors: Nicholas Hytner, Robin Lough.
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Damien Molony as Spike |
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Olivia Vinall as Hilary |
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Parth Thakerar as Amal |
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Jonathan Coy as Leo |
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Rosie Hilal as Julia |
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Lucy Robinson as Ursula |
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Anthony Calf as Jerry |
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Daisy Jacob as Cathy |
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Vera Chok as Bo |
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Kristin Atherton as Elaine (on film) |
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Benjamin Powell as Pianist |
| Production | Emma Keith | Producer |
| Production | Sam Psyk | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Tom Stoppard | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Paul Arditti | Sound Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Crowley | Costume Design |
| Art | Bob Crowley | Set Designer |
| Production | David Sabel | Executive Producer |
| Lighting | Bernie Davis | Lighting Director |
| Sound | Johann Sebastian Bach | Music |
| Production | Julia Nelson | Associate Producer |
| Production | Flo Buckeridge | General Manager |
| Sound | Conrad Fletcher | Sound Supervisor |
| Production | Fliss Williams | Production Manager |
| Directing | Judy Chesterman | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | David Neill | Camera Operator |
| Production | Charlotte Sutton | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuseppe Cannas | Hair Designer |
| Sound | Tracy Campbell | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Nicholas Hytner | Stage Director |
| Production | Tom Giles | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Peter Edwards | Camera Operator |
| Production | Paul Handley | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuseppe Cannas | Wig Designer |
| Lighting | Mark Henderson | Lighting Design |
| Production | Wendy Spon | Casting |
| Sound | Matthew Scott | Music Arranger |
| Camera | Paul Freeman | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Wayne Ratcliffe | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Tony Freeman | Camera Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuseppe Cannas | Makeup Designer |
| Camera | Giuseppe Ingrao | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Paul Knott | Lighting Supervisor |
| Directing | Nicholas Hytner | Director |
| Directing | Robin Lough | Director |
