Infidel on Stage

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A surgeon tries to bring modern medicine to a Venice monastery in Richard Selzer's "Diary of an Infidel," based on the surgeon turned author's real experience as a guest of the Benedictines. The story will be adapted for performance at Yale, in a format designed to make it easy to stage at other medical schools -- or wherever people wrestle with questions of science and faith. A former clinical professor of surgery at Yale, Selzer is often regarded as "the dean of medical writers." The cast will be led by actor Bruce Altman, who will perform alongside doctors and academics from the Yale community.

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