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Tess and the Pest

By: Andras Forgacs
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  • Tess and the Pest is a three-act comedic play based on the true story of Esther Simpson’s friendship with Nobel prize-winning physicist Leo Szilard. Tess - as her friends call her - arrives in London in the mid-1930s to join the Academic Assistance Council, which is in dire need of a competent hand. As the Nazis are purging Germany for dissenters and Jews, Tess also has to deal with the resistance of pre-war Britain to welcome the refugees - personified in the play by the proprietor of The Daily Mail Viscount Rothermere through his personal private secretary William Outhwaite.
    Andras Forgacs
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  • Tess and the Pest

    Tess and the Pest
    Oct 9 2020

    Tess and the Pest is a three-act comedic play based on the true story of Esther Simpson’s friendship with Nobel prize-winning physicist Leo Szilard. Tess - as her friends call her - arrives in London in the mid-1930s to join the Academic Assistance Council, which is in dire need of a competent hand to help displaced German scientists. As the Nazis are purging Germany for Jews and other dissenters, Tess also has to deal with the resistance of pre-war Britain to welcome the refugees - personified in the play by the proprietor of The Daily Mail Viscount Rothermere through his personal private secretary William Outhwaite.


    Cast:


    Tamara Ritthaler - Tess Simpson

    Dan March - Walter Adams/Matthews, head of the tribunal

    Mihály Szabados - Leo Szilard

    Margaréta Szabó - Gisela Peiser

    Nigel Thomas - Max Perutz

    Tom Knight - William Outhwaite

    Christopher Presswell - Simpkins


    Sound mix by Nick Desmond.


    Written by András Forgács W.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
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