Wittgenstein

Overview

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

K

Kevin Collins

Johnny

Nabil Shaban

Martian

Sally Dexter

Hermine Wittgenstein

Lynn Seymour

Lydia Lopokova

Jill Balcon

Leopoldine Wittgenstein

G

Gina Marsh

Gretyl Wittgenstein

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