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The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes

The story of The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes is told in the history of the streets and places that surround Wilton's Music Hall.

Elizabeth Freestone interview

Read an interview with director Elizabeth Freestone on her production of The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes

"The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes charts the revolution in philosophical thinking that took place during the seventeenth century. The play celebrates the growth of public scientific demonstrations at a time when, under Cromwell (and less than thirty years after Shakespeare's death) the theatres were closed. Against this backdrop of civil war and social upheaval, science became the new theatre and philosophy a new faith."

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Hooke Folio

View the Hooke Folio online at the Royal Society.