Celebrating Stoppard: Darkside

Available for 27 days

As we celebrate the life and work of the legendary playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, another chance to hear this drama from 2013, written to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. The album topped the charts on its release in 1973, and it remained in the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988. With an estimated 50 million copies sold it is the band's most commercially successful work and is frequently ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time. Sir Tom Stoppard was first approached with the suggestion of writing a play based on the album by a friend in 1973. 40 years later he created a fantastical story about fear, philosophy and madness, which is woven together with the original music. Written by Sir Tom Stoppard. Emily McCoy: Amaka Okafor The Boy: Iwan Rheon Doctor Antrobus / The Witch Finder: Bill Nighy Mr Baggott / Ethics Man: Rufus Sewell Fat Man: Adrian Scarborough The Wise One: Peter Marinker Banker: Robert Blythe Politician: Ben Crowe Emily's Mother: Philippa Stanton Directed by James Robinson