OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  William Lyons 

• Setting

  Cambridge, 1911; the Russian Front, 1916; a prisoner-of-war camp in Italy, 1918; Vienna, 1919; Cambridge, 1930s; Connemara, 1948; Ithaca, New York, 1949.

• Synopsis

  The play looks at how Wittgenstein's wartime experiences - during which he was decorated for bravery - were crucial in his emergence as a brilliant, obsessive, but reclusive and alienated thinker.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  4

• Total

  9

• Cast Notes

  Some doubling of roles; some male roles played by female

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  11 April 2011

• Production Notes

  Supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum and the American Philosophical Association.

• Producer

  Produced by Riverside Studios

• Original Venue

  Riverside Studios
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.