The An Experiment with an Air Pump has been owned by the National Gallery in London since and is regarded as a masterpiece of British art. Play Title: An Experiment with an Air Pump . An Experiment with an Air Pump,” by Shelagh Stephenson, is an intriguing play that takes place in two different time periods: 1799 and 1999.. Author (s): Shelagh Stephenson Publisher: Methuen Drama and Dramatists Play Service Inc. (2000) . In the opening scene the production has the feel of mishandled Shaw, organized around positions instead of people. The play probes the moral political certainties central to our history over the last two centuries and wryly questions our continually evolving imperatives as we enter the new millennium. First performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester in 1998, Experiment sifts and probes the moral challenges of the present day as if written yesterday. The British novelist discusses the ‘loud, brilliant, and mean’ city of his literary hero, "First Name Basis: Forty Years of Portraits", First Name Basis: 40 Years of Portraits by Dmitry Samarov, By Kerry Reid, Lauren Iacoponi and Ciera McKissick, The Daily Reader, Early Warnings, and Food & Drink e-mails, Our favorite things for fall arts, part two, 16th Street and Strawdog examine racism and dystopia, At Profiles Theatre the drama—and abuse—is real, BoHo and Lifeline examine the public and private split, Martin Amis confronts Saul Bellow's Chicago.

| Performing Arts Review. Ellen then transforms herself into Susannah, wife of 18th-century scientist Joseph Fenwick (Craig Spidle, as always powerful and multidimensional), who conducts the title experiment. An Experiment with an Air Pump is a play by British playwright Shelagh Stephenson inspired by the painting An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump by Joseph Wright.It shared the Peggy Ramsay Award for 1997, was first performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester in 1998, and has since been staged by a number of other companies worldwide. One character in Shelagh Stephenson's drama accuses another of intolerance for ambiguity. Not ready to commit? An Experiment with an Air Pump, Northlight Theatre. Our reporters scour Chicago in search of what’s new, what’s now, and what’s next. August 8 – August 25, 2019 | Theodore and Adele Shank Theatre, By Shelagh Stephenson | Directed by Richard Baird. Backyard Renaissance Theatre Company, as a part of the La Jolla Playhouse Resident Theatre Program, presents the San Diego premiere of An Experiment with an Air Pump. With the addition of producing director Anthony Methvin, the company has produced six productions including the San Diego Premiere of Parlour Song by Jezz Butterworth, The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance, Gutenberg: The Musical by Scott Brown and Anthony King, Abundance by Beth Henley, Bachelorette by Leslye Headland, and the world premiere of Adam Wachter’s Tarrytown (2017 SD Critics Circle Award for Best Original Musical).