The Physicists
by
Friedrich Durrenmatt, translated by James Kirkup
30th October - 3rd November 1973
Director: John Garner
he world's greatest physicist, Johann Wilhelm Möbius, is in a madhouse, haunted by recurring visions of King Solomon. He is kept company by two other equally deluded scientists: one who thinks he is Einstein, the other who believes he is Newton. It soon becomes evident, however, that these three are not as harmlessly lunatic as they appear. Are they, in fact, really mad? Or are they playing some murderous game with the world as the stake?
| The Body | Jane Cook |
| Police Inspector Richard Voss | Joe Crossland |
| Marta Boll, The Matron | Joyce Pomfret |
| Blocher, A Police Photographer | Ray Thomas |
| Guhl, A Police Stenographer | Marjorie Blake |
| First Policeman | Cecil Wildman |
| Second Policeman | Les Hinson |
| Police Doctor | Laurie Kirwin |
| Herbert Georg Beutler (Newton), A Patient | Roger Metcalfe |
| Fraulein Doktor Mathilde Von Zahnd, Alienist | Judy Parrack |
| Ernst Heinrich Ernesti (Einstein), A Patient | Peter Womby |
| Frau Lina Rose | Pat Thomas |
| Oskar Rose, Her Husband, A Missionary | David Pecker |
| Adolf - Friedrich, Son | Michael Pomfret |
| Wilfried - Kaspar, Son | Christopher Womby |
| Jorg - Lukas, Son | Derek Nash |
| Johann Wilhelm Mobius, A Patient | Michael Monahan |
| Monika Stettler, A Nurse | May Seal |
| Stage Manager | Harry Outhwaite |
| Set Construction | John Rowlands
Cyril Hines
Norman Whitelam
Bob Ward |
| Lighting | Mary Gregory
Rod Holt |
| Sound Effects | Ron Proctor |
| Properties | Janet Pecker
Pearl Nash |
| Wardrobe | Joyce Pomfret |
| Continuity | Maisie Pring |
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