Lightest Element The
Lightest Element The
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Boston, 1956. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of the most eminent astronomers of the twentieth century, is about to be appointed Chair of Astronomy and the first woman to head a department at Harvard University. Only two things stand in her way: a covert investigation aimed at exposing her as a Communist sympathiser, and the entrenched conservatism of her male colleagues.
When a student journalist asks to profile her, it feels like an opportunity to control her own narrative assuming, of course, that the invitation is actually what it seems
Stella Feehily''s play The Lightest Element is a taut drama exploring how a challenge to social norms can be almost as difficult as overturning scientific orthodoxy. It premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2024, directed by Alice Hamilton.
When a student journalist asks to profile her, it feels like an opportunity to control her own narrative assuming, of course, that the invitation is actually what it seems
Stella Feehily''s play The Lightest Element is a taut drama exploring how a challenge to social norms can be almost as difficult as overturning scientific orthodoxy. It premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2024, directed by Alice Hamilton.
