Copenhagen

Dramatized history series

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Show synopsis

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.

Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in November, 2011. Copenhagen 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, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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Submitter notes

Adaptation of Martin Jarvis award-winning theater play.

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Slice-of-life and other reality-based tales that explore the human condition.

Dramatizations and complete fabrications from history.

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