Mathematics of the HeartWhat happens when love doesn't add up? Dr Paul MacMillan is a professor of Chaos Theory. Specialist subject: storm patterns. A month after the death of his father, Paul's life has ground to a halt. With his itinerant ne'er do well brother, Chancer, in his spare room, his girlfriend Emma pushing for a future and the arrival of a beautiful new PhD student, Zainab, prediction is proving increasingly difficult. Then the discovery of his father's final and surprise possession catapults Paul's world into real chaos. Intelligent, witty and sincere, this drama combines strong emotion with knowing humour and a cleverly relevant academic backbone, whereby scientific theories rebound themes and motifs, and inform the characters' apparently random decisions and actions. Mathematics of the Heart won the Brighton Fringe Festival New Writing South Best New Play 2011 andthe Evening Argus 'Outstanding Artistic Contribution' Award 2011. |
Contents
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Scene Two | 14 |
Scene Three | 20 |
Scene Four | 38 |
Scene Five | 40 |
Scene Six | 50 |
Scene Seven | 53 |
Scene Eight | 61 |
Scene Nine | 63 |
Scene Ten | 65 |
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Alright Beat bedroom bedsit bottle brother Chancer and Zainab Chancer Course Chancer enters Chancer exits Chancer goes Chancer It’s Chancer looks Chancer Paul Chancer singing Chancer Thanks Chancer turns Chancer Yeah Chancer You know Couldn’t Dad’s didn’t doesn’t door double pendulums drink Emma goes Emma It’s Emma Look Emma Oh Emma Okay Emma Paul Emma Sorry Emma Yes fucking Greeks hand he’s head torch I’ve isn’t kiss Lookee Mathematics night Dad died North Utsire numerical order Paul Emma Paul goes Paul I don’t Paul I know Paul It’s Paul Oh Paul Okay Paul Sorry Paul Take Paul What’s Paul Yes Paul Zainab Paul’s pendulums predict ProfessorJohn MacMillan puts sailing Scene she’s stars stay sure surprise talking tell There’s they’re thing thought What’s yes’pile You’ve Zainab enter Zainab exits Zainab Oh Zainab pulls Zainab Thank Zainab What’s Zainab Yes Zainab Zainab Zahiri