A Disappearing Number
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A Disappearing Number is a 2007 play co-written and devised by the Théâtre de Complicité company and directed and conceived by English playwright Simon McBurney. It was inspired by the collaboration during the 1910s between the pure mathematicians Srinivasa Ramanujan from India, and the Cambridge University don G.H. Hardy.
A Disappearing Number | |
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Written by | Simon McBurney |
Date premiered | March 2007 |
Place premiered | Theatre Royal, Plymouth England |
Original language | English |
Subject | Two very smart guys ponder 1 + 2 + 3 + ... |
Genre | Drama |
Setting | 1910s and current era |
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It was a co-production between the UK-based theatre company Complicite and Theatre Royal, Plymouth, and Ruhrfestspiele, Wiener Festwochen, and the Holland Festival. A Disappearing Number premiered in Plymouth in March 2007,[1] toured internationally, and played at The Barbican Centre in Autumn 2007 and 2008[2] and at Lincoln Center in July 2010.[3] It was directed by Simon McBurney with music by Nitin Sawhney. The production is 110 minutes with no intermission.
The piece was co-devised and written by the cast and company. The cast in order of appearance: Firdous Bamji, Saskia Reeves, David Annen, Paul Bhattacharjee, Shane Shambu, Divya Kasturi and Chetna Pandya.