Copenhagen
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1 online resource (1 audio file (2hr., 03 min.)) : digital.
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electronic resource - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : L.A. Theatre Works : Made available through hoopla, 2012.
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Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Alfred Molina and David Krumholtz. |
Summary, etc.: | How different would the world have looked had the Nazis been the first to build an atomic bomb? Werner Heisenberg, one of Hitler's lead nuclear scientists, famously and mysteriously met in Copenhagen with his colleague and mentor, Niels Bohr, one of the founders of the Manhattan Project. Michael Frayn's Tony Award-winning drama imagines their reunion. Joined by Niels' wife, Margrethe, these three brilliant minds converge for an encounter of atomic proportions.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Alfred Molina as Niels BohrShannon Cochran as Margrethe BohrDavid Krumholtz as Werner HeisenbergDirected by Martin Jarvis. Recorded before a live audience at the James Bridges Theater at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in November, 2011.Copenhagen is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Physicists Drama Nuclear physics Drama World War, 1939-1945 Science Drama Nuclear warfare Moral and ethical aspects Drama |