Directed by Rupert Goold, the new play will be a collaboration between his Headlong theatre company and the National Theatre.

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Directed by Rupert Goold, the play is set in a modern medical facility where a pharmaceutical company is testing anti-depressant drugs.

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The book for the stage version was written by playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and will be directed by Rupert Goold, the Almeida's artistic director.

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The Effect reunites Enron author, Lucy Prebble with Rupert Goold, who directed the award-winning play based on the 2001 scandal that led to the eventual bankruptcy of the major American energy company.

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