Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code

Unabridged — 2 hours, 5 minutes

Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code

Unabridged — 2 hours, 5 minutes

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Overview

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. Shortly after, Turing was to find that the country he saved cared less about his genius and more about his sexual orientation.

Based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July, 2003.

Breaking the Code is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead 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.

  • Directed by Rosalind Ayres
  • Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg
  • Sheelagh Cullen as Sara Turing
  • Kenneth Danziger as Detective Mick Ross
  • Peter Dennis as John Smith
  • Samantha Robson as Pat Green
  • Orlando Seale as Ron Miller
  • W. Morgan Sheppard as Dillwyn Knox
  • André Sogliuzzo as Christopher Morcom and Nikos
  • Simon Templeman as Alan Turing
  • Associate Producer: Susan Raab
  • Recording Engineer: David Kelly for Voicebox Studios
  • Assistant Recording Engineer/Editor: Mark Holden
  • Live Sound Effects: GiGi Garcia

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“Elegant and poignant” —Time Magazine

“Powerful, riveting drama.” —N.Y. Daily News

OCT/NOV 05 - AudioFile

During WWII, the Nazis developed the supposedly unbreakable Enigma Code, which the British had to crack or risk losing the war. Brilliant mathematician Alan Turing succeeded and was highly praised by Churchill and awarded the OBE. But when his homosexuality was revealed, at a time when homosexuality was a crime in Britain, his career was destroyed. Turing eventually committed suicide. Whitemore's play revolves around breaking the code of silence about homosexuality, not really the Enigma Code. Dynamic production by L.A. Theatre Works turns what could have been a maudlin exposé into compelling theater. M.T.B. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID: 2940170364503
Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works
Publication date: 03/01/2005
Series: Relativity
Edition description: Unabridged
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