Breaking the Code (Acting Edition S.)

Whitemore, Hugh

ISBN 10: 0573016569 / ISBN 13: 9780573016561

Published by Samuel French Ltd, 1989

Seller Inventory # GOR014656743

Synopsis:

Derek Jacobi took London and Broadway by storm in this exceptional biographical drama about a man who broke too many codes: the eccentric genius Alan Turing who played a major role in winning the World War II; he broke the complex German code called Enigma, enabling allied forces to foresee German manoeuvres. Since his work was classified top secret for years after the war, no one knew how much was owed to him when he was put on trial for breaking another code the taboo against homosexuality. Turing, who was also the first to conceive of computers, was convicted of the criminal act of homosexuality and sentenced to undergo hormone treatments which left him physically and mentally debilitated. He died a suicide, forgotten and alone. This play is about who he was, what happened to him and why.

From the Back Cover: Simon Templeman stars as brilliant mathematician Alan Turing, the man who cracked the German Enigma code and enabled the Allies to win World War II. But Turing was to find that the country he saved cared less about his genius and more about his sexual orientation. Starring Simon Templeman and W. Morgan Sheppard. Written by Hugh Whitmore.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Breaking the Code (Acting Edition S.)
Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
Publication Date: 1989
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fine