The Half-Life of Marie Curie
Schedule
Fri Sep 23 2022 at 08:00 pm to 09:30 pm
Location
SecondStory Repertory | Redmond, WA
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September 23-October 9, 2022The Half Life of Marie Curie
By Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Elizabeth Tanner
In 1911, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium. By 1912, she was the object of ruthless gossip over an alleged affair with the married Frenchman Paul Langevin, all but erasing her achievements from public memory. Weakened and demoralized by the press lambasting her as a “foreign” Jewish temptress and a home-wrecking traitor, Marie agrees to join her friend and colleague Hertha Ayrton, an electromechanical engineer and suffragette. THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE revels in the power of female friendship as it explores the relationship between these two brilliant women, both of whom are mothers, widows, and fearless champions of scientific inquiry.
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Where is it happening?
SecondStory Repertory, 7325 166th Ave NE, Ste F250,Redmond,WA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
