The Earthworks is set just before the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was switched on at Cern in Switzerland. Oppenheimer five-star review – father of atomic bomb becomes tragic hero at RSC Read moreMorton-Smith is keen to stress that it’s a very different beast to Oppenheimer. He would use The Earthworks as a warm-up, to get into the rhythm of writing, before going back to redraft Oppenheimer. “The thing you’re looking for when you’re writing is that point when the characters just start talking to each other and it doesn’t feel like writing, it feels like you’re earwigging on a conversation. For Morton-Smith, science and theatre make a creatively fruitful collision.

Source: The Guardian May 09, 2017 16:18 UTC