Woodcut by Hans Holbien the Younger
Hydriotaphia or The Death of Doctor Browne
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Play Description
An epic farce about death and primitive capital accumulation, HYDRIOTAPHIA chronicles the final hours of Sir Thomas Browne, an English physician and writer known for his attempts to reconcile Christian values with scientific knowledge.
Production Info
Cast: 14 total (8 female, 6 male)Full Length Comedy (about 180 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
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Press Quotes
“… [HYDRIOTAPHIA] shows off its author’s dazzling intellect, wit and ambition to richly enjoyable effect … Subtitled ‘An Epic Farce About Death and Primitive Capital in Five Scenes,’ the play flourishes Kushner’s trademark ability to mix up wildly diverse tonalities and ideas — bawdy humor, theological and class warfare debate, fourth-wall-breaking, dizzying monologues, fantasy and domestic intrigue all whirl like a juggler’s pins.” —Dennis Harvey, Variety
Book Information
Publisher | TCG |
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Publication Date | 12/1/1998 |
Pages | 360 |
ISBN | 9781559361569 |
Special Notes
If original stage producers credits appear in bold below, all licensees are required to include them in the following form on the title page in all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play and in all advertising in which the full cast appears in size of type not less than ten percent (10%) of the size of the title of the Play:
HYDRIOTAPHIA OR THE DEATH OF DOCTOR BROWN received its first production
at HOME for Contemporary Theater and Art, produced by Heath & Light Co, Inc in June 1987
The play was produced by the Graduate Acting Program of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in April 1997
The play received a co-production by the Alley Theatre and Berkeley Repertory Theater in 1998
In addition, the following must appear within all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play:
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
www.broadwayplaypublishing.com