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The Effect
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I can tell the difference between who I am and a side effect.
The Effect is a clinical romance. Two young volunteers, Tristan and Connie, agree to take part in a clinical drug trial. Succumbing to the gravitational pull of attraction and love, however, Tristan and Connie manage to throw the trial off-course, much to the frustration of the clinicians involved. This funny, moving and perhaps surprisingly human play explores questions of sanity, neurology and the limits of medicine, alongside ideas of fate, loyalty and the inevitability of physical attraction.
Following on from the critical and commercial success of Enron, The Effect offers a vibrant theatrical exploration into the human brain via the heart. It received its world premiere at the National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre in November 2012, starring Billie Piper and Jonjo O'Neill.
It is published here in the Modern Classics series alongside an introduction by Miriam Gillinson.
The Effect is a clinical romance. Two young volunteers, Tristan and Connie, agree to take part in a clinical drug trial. Succumbing to the gravitational pull of attraction and love, however, Tristan and Connie manage to throw the trial off-course, much to the frustration of the clinicians involved. This funny, moving and perhaps surprisingly human play explores questions of sanity, neurology and the limits of medicine, alongside ideas of fate, loyalty and the inevitability of physical attraction.
Following on from the critical and commercial success of Enron, The Effect offers a vibrant theatrical exploration into the human brain via the heart. It received its world premiere at the National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre in November 2012, starring Billie Piper and Jonjo O'Neill.
It is published here in the Modern Classics series alongside an introduction by Miriam Gillinson.
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The
Effect
A
play
for
four
people,
in
love
and
sorrow
The
Effect
opened
at
the
National
Theatre,
directed
by
Rupert
Goold,
and
co-produced
with
Headlong
on
13
November
2012.
Doctors
Anastasia
Hille
Dr
Lorna
James
Tom
Goodman-Hill
Dr
Toby
Sealey
Trialists
Billie
Piper
Connie
Hall
Jonjo
O’Neill
Tristan
Frey
Director
Rupert
Goold
Designer
Miriam
Buether
Lighting
Designer
Jon
Clark
Composer
Sarah
Angliss
Sound
Designer
Christopher
Shutt
Projection
Designer
Jon
Driscoll
Author’s
Note
This
published
text
is
an
account
of
the
play
at
our
first
preview
and
the
text
changes
in
content
and
order
during
the
preview
period.
Should
you
be
considering
performing
it
I
suggest
being
in
touch
with
the
Knight
Hall
Agency
for
the
most
up-to-date
version.
The
parts
were
written
with
specific
actors
in
mind
and
when
it
comes
to
matters
of
nationality,
physical
references
or
the
‘tricks’
the
volunteers
perform
for
each
other,
the
performers
should
feel
free
to
mould
the
text
around
themselves.
/
Slashes
indicate
overlapping
dialogue.
Dialogue
in
brackets
indicates
that
the
audience
doesn’t
necessarily
have
to
hear
the
detail
but
the
actor
may
wish
to
say
it.
Table of contents
- FC
- Methuen Drama Modern Classics
- Title
- Copyright
- Introduction
- The Effect
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