Steven Atkinson, Remy Beasley, British Association for Adoption and Fostering, British Neuropsychological Society, Gez Bond, Paul Broks, Lisa Claydon, Paul Hickey, Paul Jellis, Miranda Julia, Professor Narinder Kapur, Amelia Lowdell, Denise McCartan, Joe Murphy, Alison O’Donnell, David Ormerod, Max Roberts, John Rumbold, Karen Shaw and Susan Stoneham of the Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders, Professor Barbara Wilson and Sargon Yelda
Ben Hall and Lily Williams at Curtis Brown, and John Buzzetti at WME
Minna
Mum
Lastly, I would like to acknowledge the following books and their authors: Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein’s Brain by Carolyn Abraham, Into the Silent Land by Paul Broks, Permanent Present Tense by Suzanne Corkin, Incognito by David Eagleman, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer, The Paradoxical Brain edited by Narinder Kapur, The Time Traveller by Ronald L. Mallett, Driving Mr Albert: A Trip Across American with Einstein’s Brain by Michael Paterniti, The Making of Memory: From Molecules to Mind by Steven Rose, Forever Today: A Memoir of Love and Amnesia by Deborah Wearing and Case Studies in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation by Barbara Wilson.
Despite being based, albeit very loosely, on several true stories, this play is a work of fiction. But then isn’t everything.