And The Sun Stood Still - Dava Sobel

Written by Dava Sobel
Read by Full Cast
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Dramatization

And The Sun Stood Still
By: Dava Sobel
Narrated by: Robert Foxworth, John Vickery, Kate Steele, Michael Kirby, Gregory Harrison
Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
Performance
Release date: 16-06-2015
Language: English
Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Dava Sobel’s thoughtful play brings to life the story of Nicolaus Copernicus, the Renaissance astronomer, and mathematician who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe in which the Sun stands at the center. Plagued by self-doubt and threatened by religious censure, Copernicus resisted the publication of his work until just before his death in 1543. The play follows Copernicus in those final years as he works to complete his research with the help of Georg Rheticus, a young disciple from Wittenberg, Germany.

Includes a conversation with playwright Dava Sobel, author of A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in February, 2015.

And the Sun Stood Still is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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