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A Short History of Night
by John Mighton
A Short History of Night charts the
strange origins of contemporary science through
two of the Renaissance’s most unusual figures—mercurial,
ambitious Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe and meticulous,
idealistic geometrician and Christian mystic
Kepler. As religious wars and witch hunts rage
outside the castle walls, an unlikely band of
alchemists and astrologers vie to unlock the
secrets of the cosmos. Based loosely on the life
of 16th-century astronomer, astrologer and mathematician
Johannes Kepler, the play draws disturbing parallels
between mediaeval and modern thought.
Winner of
the 1992 Governor General’s Award for Drama,
the Chalmers Award and the Dora Mavor Moore
Award.
“A Short
History of Night confirms Mighton’s
status as an intellectually absorbing writer…”
—Toronto Star
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