084523/Z/07/Z: The Devil's Doctor
- Date:
- c.2007-2008
- Reference:
- WT/C/6/3/9
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
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Project Summary:The sixteenth-century physician Paracelsus is a deeply controversial figure in the history of science and medicine. Was he a champion of scientific rationalism who overturned the practices of antiquity, or a charlatan peddling snake-oil cures? A prototype for Goethe's Fause, Paracelsus claimed that alchemy held the key to understanding life and the universe. This project will develop and perform a play about the life of Paracelsus that will encourage audiences to make up their own minds about the boundaries of early sciences. Shifting Sands will tell the story using their trademarks of physical and visual theatre, comedy and pathos.
Grant Holder:Dr Philip Ball
Organisation:Shifting Sands Theatre Company
Financial Year:2007/2008
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