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Reckoning with Newton - World Premiere of Carl Djerassi's and Isabella Gregor's Play "Verrechnet" in Vienna Print E-mail
bridges vol. 24, December 2009 / Feature Articles
By Klaus Taschwer


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The theater bill of "Verrechnet" - layer upon layer.
Carl Djerassi and Isabella Gregor are well aware how daring their new venture is: "Mathematics and theatre should only cross paths when it comes to accounting," states one of the protagonists firmly in their new play. How to rise to the challenge and put mathematics on stage? The paradox solution is self-reflection - or writing a play about writing a play on how to stage a notorious mathematical dispute. This is "Verrechnet!" a comedy that had its world premiere this November in Vienna's stadtTheater walfischgasse.

Alas, the complex play is not completely new. It is based on "Calculus," one of Djerassi's first stage plays, to which the playwright and director Isabella Gregor added a third main character, Polly Sterling, to make things more entertaining and a bit more complicated. The main agenda, though, is still the same: a reckoning with Isaac Newton, one of the most eminent scientists and mathematicians of all time, but a rather mean person with quite some moral weaknesses.

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