Lightest Element by Stella Feehily (2025, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Lightest Element, Paperback by Feehily, Stella, ISBN 183904375X, ISBN-13 9781839043758, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A stage drama about Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of the most eminent astronomers of the twentieth century. Premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2024.

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PublisherHern Books, The Limited, Nick

ISBN-10183904375X

ISBN-139781839043758

eBay Product ID (ePID)26074488991

Product Key Features

Book TitleLightest Element

Number of Pages80 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEuropean / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year2025

GenreDrama

AuthorStella Feehily

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight3.5 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Reviews'Fascinating... a mind-expanding bio-drama... Feehily captures well the way that while looking at the stars, earthbound envies and career-battles can prevail... stars gleam in the firmament, an eclipse takes place and our grasp of the universe expands as a determined woman pushes at the horizons'-- Telegraph 'An entertaining tribute to a trailblazing astronomer expected to make the tea'-- Guardian 'An electrifying true story'-- The Times 'A starry drama... gripping... Feehily raises great questions about the impact of prejudice and personal interest on progress... richly enjoyable'-- Financial Times 'Riveting... Feehily elegantly draws the casually sexist landscape that [her female characters] are navigating... fascinating and enraging... has a lasting slow burn'-- Observer 'Fascinating and meticulously researched'-- Time Out 'Exhilarating... a humdinger... It's grippingly done, with a gloriously comic, cruelly enraging sequence'-- TheatreCat

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal822.92

SynopsisA stage drama about Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of the most eminent astronomers of the twentieth century. Premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2024., 'Nothing compares with being the first person in the history of the world to see something, but timing is everything. The world has to be ready for you.' Boston, 1956. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of the most eminent astronomers of the twentieth century, is about to be appointed Chair of Astronomy and the first woman to head a department at Harvard University. Only two things stand in her way: a covert investigation aimed at exposing her as a Communist sympathiser, and the entrenched conservatism of her male colleagues. When a student journalist asks to profile her, it feels like an opportunity to control her own narrative - assuming, of course, that the invitation is actually what it seems... Stella Feehily's play The Lightest Element is a taut drama exploring how a challenge to social norms can be almost as difficult as overturning scientific orthodoxy. It premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2024, directed by Alice Hamilton., Boston, 1956. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of the most eminent astronomers of the twentieth century, is about to be appointed Chair of Astronomy and the first woman to head a department at Harvard University. Only two things stand in her way: a covert investigation aimed at exposing her as a Communist sympathiser, and the entrenched conservatism of her male colleagues. When a student journalist asks to profile her, it feels like an opportunity to control her own narrative - assuming, of course, that the invitation is actually what it seems... Stella Feehily's play The Lightest Element is a taut drama exploring how a challenge to social norms can be almost as difficult as overturning scientific orthodoxy. It premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2024, directed by Alice Hamilton.

LC Classification NumberPR6106.E34L5 2024