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.
Director: Tom Stoppard
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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 | Sam Psyk | Associate Producer |
| Production | David Sabel | Executive Producer |
| Production | Emma Keith | Producer |
| Sound | Conrad Fletcher | Sound Supervisor |
| Directing | Nicholas Hytner | Stage Director |
| Camera | Peter Edwards | Camera Operator |
| Camera | David Neill | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuseppe Cannas | Hair Designer |
| Sound | Tracy Campbell | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuseppe Cannas | Wig Designer |
| Sound | Johann Sebastian Bach | Music |
| Production | Julia Nelson | Associate Producer |
| Production | Fliss Williams | Production Manager |
| Sound | Matthew Scott | Music Arranger |
| Writing | Tom Stoppard | Theatre Play |
| Camera | Giuseppe Ingrao | Camera Operator |
| Production | Flo Buckeridge | General Manager |
| Directing | Judy Chesterman | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Tony Freeman | Camera Supervisor |
| Lighting | Paul Knott | Lighting Supervisor |
| Lighting | Bernie Davis | Lighting Director |
| Production | Tom Giles | Unit Manager |
| Production | Paul Handley | Production Manager |
| Production | Wendy Spon | Casting |
| Art | Bob Crowley | Set Designer |
| Sound | Paul Arditti | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Paul Freeman | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Wayne Ratcliffe | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Crowley | Costume Design |
| Lighting | Mark Henderson | Lighting Design |
| Production | Charlotte Sutton | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuseppe Cannas | Makeup Designer |
| Directing | Tom Stoppard | Director |
