Brain: A Play of the Whole Earth
| Title | Brain: A Play of the Whole Earth |
| Year for Search | 1930 |
| Authors | Britton, Lionel [Erskine Nimmo](1887-1971) |
| Pagination | 129 pp. |
| Date Published | 1930 |
| Publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place Published | London & New York |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Dystopia. A giant brain built in the Sahara comes to control the entire world followed by a catastrophe when a Dark Star that the Brain cannot control destroys the Earth. The play opens with a discussion, between the Librarian of the British Museum, a conservative, and a professor of philosophy, who is more open to alternatives, of a manuscript, obviously Britton’s Hunger and Love (1931), and why it will be difficult to get it published. |
| Info Notes | The play was first performed at the Savoy Theatre, London, by the Masses Guild, April 27, 1930, directed by W. L. Gibson-Cowan. The author’s papers are held at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. |
| Holding Institutions | DLC |
| Author Note | (1887-1971) |
| Full Text | 1930 Britton, Lionel [Erskine Nimmo] (1887-1971). Brain: A Play of the Whole Earth. Dystopia. A giant brain built in the Sahara comes to control the entire world followed by a catastrophe when a Dark Star that the Brain cannot control destroys the Earth. The play opens with a discussion, between the Librarian of the British Museum, a conservative, and a professor of philosophy, who is more open to alternatives, of a manuscript, obviously Britton’s Hunger and Love (1931), and why it will be difficult to get it published. |
