Wittgenstein

A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding of his life from boyhood, through the era of the first World War, to his eventual Cambridge professorship and association with Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. The emphasis in these sketches is on the exposition of the ideas of Wittgenstein, a homosexual, and an intuitive, moody, proud, and perfectionistic thinker generally regarded as a genius.

Cast

Clancy Chassay Young Wittgenstein

Karl Johnson Ludwig Wittgenstein

Michael Gough Betrand Russell

Tilda Swinton Lady Ottoline Morrell

Kevin Collins Johnny

Nabil Shaban Martian

Sally Dexter Hermine Wittgenstein

Lynn Seymour Lydia Lopokova