AN EXPERIMENT WITH AN AIRPUMP by Shelagh Stephenson. Directed by Matthew Lloyd, designed by Julian McGowen, produced by Royal Exchange Theatre Co., recorded at Hampstead Theatre, November 1998. Cast includes Barbara Flynn, David Horovitch, Martin Ledwith, Pauline Lockhart. A discourse on scientific objectivity as rational progress, the consequences of defining truth through science or language and the arts, and the notions of class, and royal and political institutions that constitute the idea of "England", spanning centuries in an English household. 2 hrs, 2 cameras
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