AT FIRST glance, science and theatre make unlikely bedfellows, but you don’t need to look far to see that they’ve been making a good go of it recently. Consider the international popularity of plays such as Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen, Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia and Terry Johnson’s Insignificance, all of which explore science themes in their plot lines.
Is there a dichotomy between scientific investigation and staged drama? Not at all, according to Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, senior lecturer in drama and theatre arts at the University of Birmingham in the UK, whose fascinating new book Science on Stage puts the relationship under…
