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Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 5m

Alan Alda

"Juicy, gaslit melodrama [...] illuminates the challenges that Marie Curie faced in pursuing a career in the sciences at a time when it was virtually unheard of for women to take prominent roles in academic or public life." – The New York Times

Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie

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    3w, 5m
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Summary
With backbreaking work in a ramshackle lab in Paris, Marie Curie and her husband, Pierre, achieve a revolutionary understanding of radiation and share a Nobel Prize. When her beloved Pierre dies in an accident, Marie is plunged into depression. Paul Langevin, fleeing an unhappy marriage, gives her the strength to return to her work. But the scandal over their affair threatens to end her career – just when she might become the first person ever to receive a second Nobel Prize.
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2011 Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles, California.
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    Alan Alda – Winner! John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatre

    “Juicy, gaslit melodrama…illuminates the challenges that Marie Curie faced in pursuing a career in the sciences at a time when it was virtually unheard of for women to take prominent roles in academic or public life.” – The New York Times

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    Alan Alda

    Alan Alda
    Alan Alda has written five feature films (including The Four Seasons and The Seduction of Joe Tynan), two best selling books, and 19 episodes of the highly acclaimed television series M*A*S*H, one of which was awarded an EMMY for writing. The final episode, which he co-wrote, ...
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