National Theatre Live The Hard Problem (2015)

Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love Arcadia Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead returns to the National Theatre with his highlyanticipated 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