Breaking the code
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1 online resource (1 audio file (2hr., 05 min.)) : digital.
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electronic resource - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : L.A. Theatre Works : Made available through hoopla, 2005.
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Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Simon Templeman, Orlando Seale, W. Morgan Sheppard. |
Summary, etc.: | 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.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Sheelagh Cullen as Sara Turing Kenneth Danziger as Detective Mick RossPeter Dennis as John SmithSamantha Robson as Pat GreenOrlando Seale as Ron MillerW. Morgan Sheppard as Dillwyn KnoxAndre Sogliuzzo as Christopher Morcom and Nikos Simon Templeman as Alan TuringDirected by Rosalind Ayres. 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. 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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