Tonight, 18th century scientific genius Emilie du Châtelet is back from the afterlife and determined to answer the question she died with: love or philosophy, head or heart?

Based on the real life story of Emilie du Châtelet, a scientific genius of 18th century France. Women of her era were considered too simple-minded to understand mathematics or physics, but Emilie produced work ranging from a groundbreaking paper on the nature of fire (the first by a woman ever published by the Paris Academy), to a celebrated and still-used translation and commentary on Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica. She was married to a nobleman of the court of Louis XV, and took a series of lovers, including the writer and philosopher Voltaire.

“Emilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com