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A play about Dr Ignaz Semmelweis, the 19th century Hungarian medical pioneer, is mind-expanding, eye-opening and profoundly moving
PATRICK MARMION: Rylance is perfectly suited to the part. Narrating his story to his wife in later years, he comes across as a nervous dogmatist who is weirdly unsure of himself.
Despite fierce energy from the cast, Tom Morris' 'Dr. Semmelweis' ultimately proves more enervating than exciting.
The 19th century historical tale is brought into tragic clarity
Set in nineteenth-century Vienna and Budapest, the storyline is rather more complex than the rejection of proven methodology, and the show goes into Semmelweis’ personal life.