Saturday, May 14, 2011

Theater: Legacy of Light by Richard

[Editor's note: This story was written by Richard]

Frances and I saw the play Legacy of Light Wednesday night April 13,2011 at the San Jose Repertory. The play is about two women with great scientific minds and their love life relationships.

The time and place was France in the 1700s and Now in New Jersey. The back and forth was skillfully and masterfully accomplished between historical period and centuries, as well as the dialogue and the costumes. These women were always looking for mathematical ways to measure and to fulfill expectations about energy, light, mater, and the cosmos, and how they all work and fit in the universe.

These two women were working in a man's world and found that it was not easy to please or satisfy them with their mathematical answers, and difficult to publish their findings. The two great scientific minds wanted to leave something behind to show other to follow.  Their love lives were very different. One was promiscuous and the other was unable have children.

The play had many happy moments.

 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

what a great plot for a play! it must have been really interesting to watch.