An Experiment With An Air Pump

by Shelagh Stephenson
(1998)

In 1799, it’s the eve of a new century and a Northern English house buzzes with scientific experiments, furtive romance, and farcical amateur dramatics. In the present day in a world of scientific chaos and genetic engineering, the same house reveals a dark secret buried for 200 years. Jumping between both timelines, this play is a tapestry of two centuries, woven with questions about the basic principles of scientific research and the role of women in science.

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Past productions listed on sci-stage.com

January 2017, Roan Theatre Company, Mycenae House, London, UK

November 2016, The Baylor Theatre, Jones Theatre, Waco, Tx, USA

October 2015, Wilmslow Green Room Theatre, Green Room Theatre, Wilmslow, UK

April 2015, Theatre 62, Wickham Theatre Centre, West Wickham, UK

January 2014, Mad Cow Theatre, Orlando, FL, USA

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