STELLA, a new play about women and astronomy which will open in May 2013 and then begin a UK tour to include Greenwich Theatre and The Rose Kingston

STELLA，一部关于女性和天文学的新剧，将于 2013 年 5 月上演，然后开始英国巡演，包括格林威治剧院和玫瑰金斯顿

• 批准号: ST/L000229/1
• 负责人: Siobhan Mary Rose Nicholas
• 金额: $ 1.47万
• 依托单位: Take the Space
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FL000229%2F1
• 关键词: STELLA; new; play; about; women

This new play about women and astronomy will be on a UK tour from June 2013.STELLA tells the story of two female astronomers: Caroline Herschel from the C18th and Jessica Bell, a fictional radio astronomer from the C21st: Jess, a lecturer at University College, London is invited to write about her favourite female astronomer from the past and so, Jess arrives in Bath to research the life of Caroline Herschel. The action of this piece unfolds as a double narrative: two women from different times simultaneously inhabit the same house in Bath. The intention is for our audience, whilst engaged emotionally in the personal challenges of both astronomers, to perhaps consider {consciously or even subconsciously} the concept of Time and Space. The character of Jess also offers a contemporary insight into the Herschel legacy which undoubtedly enriched the study of later astronomers and cosmologists. The premise of the play is that Caroline's concern for the astronomers of the future was a passionate driving force that fed into the rigor and exactitude of both her observations and her charts.This theme of Past and Future is fundamental to the play: we learn that Jess' daughter, in the midst of the Arab Spring, has become an intern at the new Library of Alexandria - and so the memory of Hypatia {350AD to 415AD}, the very first female astronomer, also ripples through the piece. Ultimately by linking the role of women through the ages with the study of the universe, we hope to show that the search for understanding and truth is the meeting point for all women, men, scientists and artists, and that this meeting point deepens our experience of the world we live in and nourishes the human psyche; that the challenges of the female astronomer are relevant to all women" the audience choked on the bared emotions and the wonderment of people seeing deep space for the first time" The Guardian, John Vidal on STELLA'S performed reading in May 2012. Our tour includes Greenwich Theatre, The Old Market in Brighton, The Mill at Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, The Rose Kingston, BT Studio at Oxford Playhouse and Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough. At present, we are touring to eleven venues, with an expected total of twenty performances and an audience total of 2,320. However if funding is achieved from the STFC, we will be able to expand STELLA'S tour considerably; we hope to play at least two festivals this Summer and already have strong interest from theatres for the Autumn.

这部有关女性和天文学的新剧本将于2013年6月进行英国巡回演出。Stella讲述了两位女天文学家的故事：C18th的Caroline Herschel和C21st的虚构射电天文学家Jess：Jess：Jess，大学学院的讲师，大学学院的讲师，邀请伦敦撰写有关她过去最喜欢的女天文学家的文章，因此，杰西（Jess）到达巴斯（Bath）来研究卡罗琳·赫歇尔（Caroline Herschel）的生活。这件作品的作用是一种双重叙述：来自不同时代的两个女人同时居住在浴场中。目的是给我们的听众，而在情感上参与了两种天文学家的个人挑战，也许是有意识地甚至在潜意识中}时空的概念。杰西（Jess）的性格还提供了对赫歇尔（Herschel）遗产的当代见解，毫无疑问，这无疑是对后来的天文学家和宇宙学家的研究。这部戏的前提是，卡罗琳对未来天文学家的关注是一支热情的驱动力，富有观察和图表的严谨性和精确性。这一过去和未来的主题对剧本至关重要：我们了解到这一点：我们了解到这一点杰西（Jess）的女儿在阿拉伯之春之中，已成为亚历山大新图书馆的实习生，因此记忆hypatia {350AD至415AD}，这是第一位女性天文学家，也贯穿了这件作品。最终，通过将妇女的角色与宇宙的研究联系起来，我们希望证明寻找理解和真理是所有妇女，男人，科学家和艺术家的聚会点，并且这次会议点使我们的经验加深了我们生活在世界上，滋养人类的心灵；女性天文学家的挑战与所有女性有关：“观众以裸露的情绪cho住了观众，以及人们第一次看到深空的奇迹”《卫报》（Guardian the Guardian），约翰·维达尔（John Vidal），斯特拉（Stella）在2012年5月进行的阅读。我们的旅行包括格林威治（Greenwichich）剧院，布莱顿的旧市场，吉尔福德的Yvonne Arnaud剧院的磨坊，玫瑰金斯顿，牛津剧院的BT Studio和Scarborough的Stephen Joseph剧院。目前，我们正在巡回演出11个场所，预计总共20场表演和2,320个观众。但是，如果从STFC获得资金，我们将能够大大扩展Stella的旅行；我们希望在今年夏天至少参加两个节日，并且在秋天的剧院感兴趣。