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Surgeon to the Dead

by Charlotte O'Leary
photography by Mark Duffield
Performed in the oldest operating theatre in Europe and set during the festive season, the play discovers the true untold story behind the fight to change medical history.
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A festive tale of death,
​desire and... amputation

Victorian London, 1846. Showman Dr Edwards has a reputation for having the fastest amputating knife in Britain but is becoming disheartened at the endless mundane amputations he’s expected to perform at St Thomas’ Hospital. As one of England’s most famous surgeons he’s desperate to find a way to leave a medical legacy. When he hears the Americans are planning the first operation under anesthesia he jumps at the opportunity to be the first to administer it in Europe. Battling against the highly flammable ether and a hospital full of doctors wanting a taste of his fame can he successfully perform the operation in front of Europe’s press, and before Christmas, or has he pushed himself too far this time?

TEAM

Producing Director.......... Guy Watson
Writer................................ Charlotte O'Leary
Finance............................. Tony Watson
Co-Producer..................... Monika Hazelton
Designer........................... Susan Watson
Marketing Team.............. Beth Lyne & Alice Massey
Assistant Director........... Maia von Hurter
Graphic Designer............. Vic Hill
Box Office...................... TicketWeb

CAST

Flossie Donamal................. Nadine Barr
Dr Willberforce Haighton... Oliver Longstaff
Dr Edwards.......................... Cameron Robertson
Margaret Brownell ............. Louisa-May Parker
Composer and Violinst 
...... Emma Lane

how to find the old operating theatre

The Old Operating Theatre, 9a St. Thomas's St. London SE1 9RY
UNDERGROUND & MAINLINE RAIL STATION
London Bridge (Northern & Jubilee Lines)

BUS & TAXI
London Bridge 
17, 21, 35, 40, 43, 47, 48, 133, 141, 149, 343, 381, 521, RV1


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