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Life of Galileo review: a good night for stargazers by Susannah Clapp

Young Vic, London Brendan Cowell brings Brecht's rebel scientist to combative life in Joe Wright's coruscating productionHow to see what's really going on? How to recognise interesting stuff without being clouded by preconceptions? These questions are at the root of Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo, whose hero begs churchmen to look at evidence not at theory. And they are at the root of my difficulty with Brecht. I'm…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AM on May 21, 2017

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