Consciousness studies and evolutionary biology in Stoppard’s The Hard Problem
Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln) January 1, 2015 Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe, Gregory F. Tague
At a 2015 Royal National Theatre platform event, Tom Stoppard discussed his play 'The Hard Problem', which intertwines the banking crisis with questions of altruistic goodness in light of evolutionary biology. The article analyzes how the play references evolutionary biology and consciousness studies, and how these references shape the characters, plot, and the original RNT production.