Dr Semmelweis at the Harold Pinter Theatre
by Stephen Brown with Mark Rylance
Sonia Friedman Productions and the National Theatre present
the Bristol Old Vic production
Booking and details
Harold Pinter Theatre
Panton St, London SW1Y 4DN
We are the doctors of the modern age. We are marching into battle.
Mark Rylance returns to the West End as one of medicine’s greatest pioneers, maverick Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis – the man whose research could save many millions of mothers’ lives.
In Vienna, a city of artistic and scientific revolution, thousands of women are still dying in childbirth each and every year. Only Dr Semmelweis can see the invisible killer at work, but to stop it, he must convince his colleagues to admit culpability and approve change.
Damned by an establishment that questions his methods, his motives and even his sanity, Semmelweis is haunted by the women he has failed to save. Can he finally convince the greatest doctors of 19th Century Europe to accept his argument – and what will it cost him to make an almost impossible case?
Following a ‘smash hit’ (Mail on Sunday), sold-out run at Bristol Old Vic, this ‘compelling new drama’ (The Telegraph) directed by Tom Morris, featuring live music by Adrian Sutton and original choreography by Antonia Franceschi of Balanchine’s New York City Ballet, comes to the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End for a strictly limited run this summer.
Performed Until 7 October 2023 in the Harold Pinter Theatre.
Reviews
From the Bristol Old Vic production
Production images
Suitability
Age guidance – 14+
This production contains references to suicide, infant and maternal mortality, as well as detailed descriptions of operations, cadavers, and disease.
Supporters
In association with
Cast
Roseanna Anderson
Marja Seidel / Baroness Maria-Teresa
Zoe Arshamian
Dance Ensemble
Helen Belbin
Understudy Maria Semmelweis / Anna Muller / Baroness Maria-Teresa
Joshua Ben-Tovim
Hospital Porter / Death
Production Team includes
Writer
Stephen Brown
Writer
Mark Rylance
Director
Tom Morris
Set and Costume Designer
Ti Green
Lighting Designer
Richard Howell
Choreographer
Antonia Franceschi
Music
Adrian Sutton
Dr Semmelweis ticket prices
Tickets from £10
Groups of 10+
Band A tickets at £42.50, Monday-Thursday only.
Schools/education rate
Bands C & D at £20 (1 teacher goes free per every 10 students), Mon – Thurs performances, Royal Circle and Balcony only.
Subject to availability.
https://www.atgtickets.com/groups/
0207 206 1174*
*Standard network charges apply
Assisted performances
- Captioned performance – Saturday 26 August 2.30pm
- Audio described performance – Saturday 12 August 2.30pm (TBC)
- BSL interpreted performance – Thursday 7 September 7.30pm
Access booking line: 0800 912 6971*
*Calls are free. Open 9am to 8pm Monday to Sunday, Bank holidays may vary.
