Tess and the Pest

Author: Andras Forgacs

Tess and the Pest is a three-act comedic play based on the true story of Esther Simpsons friendship with Nobel prize-winning physicist Leo Szilard. Tess - as her friends call her - arrives in London in the mid-1930s to join the Academic Assistance Council, which is in dire need of a competent hand. As the Nazis are purging Germany for dissenters and Jews, Tess also has to deal with the resistance of pre-war Britain to welcome the refugees - personified in the play by the proprietor of The Daily Mail Viscount Rothermere through his personal private secretary William Outhwaite.
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Tess and the Pest
Friday, 9 October, 2020

Tess and the Pest is a three-act comedic play based on the true story of Esther Simpson’s friendship with Nobel prize-winning physicist Leo Szilard. Tess - as her friends call her - arrives in London in the mid-1930s to join the Academic Assistance Council, which is in dire need of a competent hand to help displaced German scientists. As the Nazis are purging Germany for Jews and other dissenters, Tess also has to deal with the resistance of pre-war Britain to welcome the refugees - personified in the play by the proprietor of The Daily Mail Viscount Rothermere through his personal private secretary William Outhwaite. Cast: Tamara Ritthaler - Tess Simpson Dan March - Walter Adams/Matthews, head of the tribunal Mihály Szabados - Leo Szilard Margaréta Szabó - Gisela Peiser Nigel Thomas - Max Perutz Tom Knight - William Outhwaite Christopher Presswell - Simpkins Sound mix by Nick Desmond. Written by András Forgács W.