The life of Galileo

A play on the later life of Galileo, when he was already famous for his thoughts and theories. He wants some time for his own research and wants people to believe what they see, rather than what they believe through texts. Preachings. Repeated judgements have been made against the Church, rational reasoning. The fear of the masses to change their beliefs, their faith in the church and hence, avoid a panic stricken social order is the arguement given to disallow him to preach his findings. He is threatened to be killed for this, when he as a normal human, submits that he doesn't believe what he proved and works within the shackles of the kingdom, and carries his own research. 'Better work with cowardice than die.' finally, he hands over his work to his disciple at the age of 80 when he is almost blind.

A good play. The dialogues are power packed. It is almost on the edge of being ironic. The arguements make us symphathize with Galileo. Nice, 85 pages. The point of view of a scientist, disciples, his family life and his conflicts with everything are very well potrayed.