And The Sun Stood Still
Written by Dava Sobel
Narrated by Robert Foxworth, John Vickery, Gregory Harrison and
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About this audiobook
Dava Sobel’s thoughtful play brings to life the story of Nicolaus Copernicus, the Renaissance astronomer and mathematician who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe in which the Sun stands at the center. Plagued by self-doubt and threatened by religious censure, Copernicus resisted the publication of his work until just before his death in 1543. The play follows Copernicus in those final years as he works to complete his research with the help of Georg Rheticus, a young disciple from Wittenberg, Germany.
Includes a conversation with playwright Dava Sobel, author of “A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos.”
Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in February, 2015.
And the Sun Stood Still is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.
- Directed by Rosalind Ayres
- Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg
- Robert Foxworth as Copernicus
- Gregory Harrison as Giese
- Michael Kirby as Rheticus
- Kate Steele as Anna
- John Vickery as Bishop Dantsicus
Associate Producers: Anna Lyse Erikson, Myke Weiskopf.
Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Editor: Wes Dewberry
Dava Sobel
Dava Sobel is the internationally renowned author of ‘Longitude’ and ‘Galileo’s Daughter’. She is also an award-winning former science reporter for the ‘New York Times’ and writes frequently about science for several magazines, including the ‘New Yorker’, ‘Audubon’, ‘Discover’, ‘Life’ and ‘Omni’. She is currently writing a book called ‘The Planets’ for Fourth Estate. She lives in East Hampton, New York.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another excellent work on this fantastic writer. Well researched, and thoroughly entertaining I highly recommend it. And don’t missed the interview with the author at the end of the play. Terrific!