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Richard Goodwin: Two Men of Florence

March 19, 2009

Richard Goodwin historian, speechwriter, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson

Doris Kearns Goodwin historian, 1995 Pulitzer Prize, history

Jared Bowen reporter, Greater Boston

Playwright Richard Goodwin and his wife, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, discuss the Huntington Theatre's production of Richard's Two Men of Florence, a drama about the struggle between Galileo Galilei, a man of science, and Pope Urban VIII, a man of faith.

The couple examine Richard's career as an historian and presidential speechwriter, and discuss this new play, an epic battle for the soul of the world.

Greater Boston's Jared Bowen moderates the talk.

Topics: Art & Architecture | History | Politics & Public Affairs

Tags: Authors | Catholic Church | faith vs. science | Galileo | heliocentrism | Huntington Theatre | Pope Urban VIII | religion vs. science | Science | science vs. faith | science vs. religion | Career | Astronomy & Space | Playwriting | NOVA | European | Mathematics | Physics | Lifestyle | Spirituality & Religion

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