National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

3.5 |
1h 43min

Released

Drama
Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors). Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brainscience institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one.
National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

Story

Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors). Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brainscience institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one.

Directors

Nicholas Hytner, Judy Chesterman,

Writers

Tom Stoppard, Tom Stoppard,

Tags

You may like

The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley

3.6 / 5

movie

National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III

National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III

3.1 / 5

movie

Fight Club

Fight Club

4.2 / 5

movie

The Truman Show

The Truman Show

4.0 / 5

movie

A Beautiful Mind

A Beautiful Mind

3.9 / 5

movie

Back to the Future

Back to the Future

4.2 / 5

movie

The Terminator

The Terminator

3.9 / 5

movie

Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful

4.2 / 5

movie

The Godfather

The Godfather

4.3 / 5

movie

Alien

Alien

4.1 / 5

movie

The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin

3.4 / 5

movie

Annie Hall

Annie Hall

3.9 / 5

movie

Titanic

Titanic

4.0 / 5

movie

2 Fast 2 Furious

2 Fast 2 Furious

3.3 / 5

movie

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

4.2 / 5

movie

Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing

3.6 / 5

movie

Kubo and the Two Strings

Kubo and the Two Strings

3.8 / 5

movie

Léon: The Professional

Léon: The Professional

4.2 / 5

movie

Fracture

Fracture

3.6 / 5

movie

Jackie Brown

Jackie Brown

3.7 / 5

movie