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Dr Semmelweis
“We are the doctors of the modern age. We are marching into battle.”
Mark Rylance returns to the West End as one of medicine’s greatest pioneers, maverick Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis – the man whose research could save many millions of mothers’ lives.
But what good is a discovery that is ignored?
In Vienna, a city of artistic and scientific revolution, thousands of women are still dying in childbirth each and every year. Only Dr Semmelweis can see the invisible killer at work, but to stop it, he must convince his colleagues to admit culpability and approve change.
Damned by an establishment that questions his methods, his motives and even his sanity, Semmelweis is haunted by the women he has failed to save. Can he finally convince the greatest doctors of 19th Century Europe to accept his argument – and what will it cost him to make an almost impossible case?
Following a “smash hit” (Mail on Sunday), sold-out run at Bristol Old Vic, this “compelling new drama” (The Telegraph) directed by Tom Morris, featuring live music by Adrian Sutton and original choreography by Antonia Franceschi of Balanchine’s New York City Ballet, comes to the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End for a strictly limited run this summer.
- Access Information
For More information on accessibility please call 0800 912 6971.
- Address
Panton St, West End, London SW1Y 4DN
- Cancellation Policy
No exchanges or refunds after purchase.
- Cast
The production is not able to guarantee the appearance of any specific actor due to illness or unforeseen circumstances.
- Duration
2 hours 30 minutes with one interval.
- Suitable For Children
Age Guidance 14 +. This production contains references to suicide, infant and maternal mortality, as well as detailed descriptions of operations, cadavers, and disease.
- Times
Thursday 29 June - Saturday 7 Oct 2023
- Where Do I Go
4 Panton St,
London
SW1Y 4SW
Harold Pinter Theatre
Panton St, West End, London SW1Y 4DN
Latest customer reviews
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Catch it before it ends!
21 September 2023
Incredible story that describes the highs and lows of progress. Great emotional script, and with humour, that made you think of what we take for granted today. Wonderful acting from all the cast, not just Mark Rylance. The ballet and live music was creatively woven in. We were happy we chose to attend this play.
Kiran Confirmed ticket purchaser
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fantastic
13 September 2023
The mix of music, choreography and acting is fabulous. The actors are brilliant and the way the topic (not easy one) is treated is very clever. We really enjoyed ourselves. Thank you very much to all the team for a fabulous performance brought to stage.
Laure-Aline Confirmed ticket purchaser
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A tour de force
4 September 2023
A tour de force of an event with dance and music an integral and effective element of its message. The acting was first class and the narrative about the rejection by the establishment and the old guard of hard fact and reality resonates as strongly today as it did in allegedly less enlightened times. Never has the need for truth to power been more urgent than it is now and yet still we see that lives are ruined and minds lost in the process
Mike G Confirmed ticket purchaser
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Loved it
25 August 2023
Great evening out. So very well done. The music was tasteful and subtle. Actors were amazing. Really brought the whole theatre to life.
Sue T Confirmed ticket purchaser
