A Child of Science (NHB Modern Plays)
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A Child of Science (NHB Modern Plays)

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A Child of Science (NHB Modern Plays)

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About This Book

'One day this will work. One day we will gift two honest, decent, trusting volunteers a baby. I know this more than anything else in the world. I know it in my soul. We will do that.'In 1978, three pioneering doctors changed the world of fertility as we know it. Supported by an army of immensely brave women from all over the UK, Patrick Steptoe, Robert Edwards and Jean Purdy achieved the impossible: they created human life in vitro.Faced with fierce criticism and hostility, and hounded by the media for 'playing God', trials had to be kept largely under wraps. But the trio's determination to give hope to the thousands of families struggling to conceive eventually led to the first 'test-tube baby' and the creation of IVF, a procedure which has since supported the birth of over twelve million babies worldwide.Gareth Farr's play A Child of Science is a fictionalised account of this true story of ambition and courage, based on extensive research and interviews with embryologists and fertility doctors, as well as those affected by and enabled by IVF. It was first performed at Bristol Old Vic in 2024, directed by Matthew Dunster.

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Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Year
2024
ISBN
9781788507677
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
British Drama
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Contents
  4. Original Production Details
  5. Thank You
  6. Characters
  7. A Child of Science
  8. About the Author
  9. Copyright and Performing Rights Information