ROBERT Hooke 1635-1703 was one of the fathers of modern science and yet he was comprehensively written out of history - why?

Last year, 300 years after his death, his long lost manuscript was unearthed in a cupboard in a Hampshire country house and sold for millions.

A genius of the 17th century: architect, engineer, chemist, horologist, physicist, astronomer, painter and musician, Robert Hooke your time has come.

Chris Barnes (Silent Witness, Hornblower, Wycliffe, Waking the Dead, Trial and Retribution, Dalziel and Pascoe, Midsomer Murders and Casualty) takes centre stage in Hanging Hooke, The Other Space, Everyman Theatre, April 19-21. Box Office: 01242 572573 or visit www.everymantheatre.org.uk