Theater Event
Time: July 19, 2019, 4:45pm – 6:15pm
Place: University of Art and Design
Hauptplatz 6, 4020 Linz
Repräsentationsraum, 5th floor (Tram stop: Hauptplatz)
"A Short History of Night" by John Mighton
"A Short History of Night" charts the strange origins of contemporary science through two of the Renaissance's most unusual figures – mercurial, ambitious Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe and meticulous, idealistic mathematician and Christian mystic Johannes Kepler. As religious wars and witch hunts rage outside the castle walls, an unlikely band of alchemists and astrologers vie to unlock the secrets of the cosmos.
Playwright (and mathematician) John Mighton won the 1992 Governor General's Award for this play loosely based on the life of Kepler that draws disturbing parallels between medieval and modern thought.
Directed by Steve Abbott. Music by Susan Gerofsky. Performed by the Bridges Community Players.
"Kepler and Tycho Brahe in the Observatory in Prague"
by J. Ventura, ca 1880