Copenhagen

ISBN-13: 9780413773715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 224 str.

Michael Frayn

Opis

Copenhagen is a play based on a real event which occurred in 1941: a meeting between the physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg and explores the moral questions about scientists working on nuclear weapons. The play debuted in London and later won the Tony Award during its Broadway run.Methuen Drama Student Editions are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires. Key Features:

- Chronology of the playwright's life and work.
- Synopsis of the plot.
- Introduction chapter with commentary on themes, context, characters, language, key words and phrases and play structure.
- Questions, notes and a bibliography for further reading.
- Text notes to explain unfamiliar terms in the play text.

Recenzje

"I think it's probably the best play about science ever written in English drama, because what it does is explicate science, the nuclear process, and relate it to a highly volatile emotional situation and more." The Guardian , May 31 2008

O autorze

Michael Frayn was born in London in 1933 and began his career as a journalist on the Guardian and the Observer. He has written seventeen plays, including Noises Off, Copenhagen, and Democracy, translated Chekhov's last four plays, and adapted his first as Wild Honey. His screenplays include Clockwise, starring John Cleese, and among his eleven novels are The Tin Men, Towards the End of the Morning, Headlong, Spies, and Skios. Collections of articles include Collected Columns, Stage Directions, and Travels with a Typewriter. He has also published two philosophical works, Constructions and The Human Touch, and a memoir, My Father's Fortune. His most recent publications are three collections of short entertainments, Matchbox Theatre, Pocket Playhouse, and Magic Mobile. He is married to the writer Claire Tomalin. Robert Butler was theatre critic at the Independent on Sunday from 1995-2000. He is the author of three books in the 'National Theatre at Work' series, of which 'The Art of Darkness' is published by Oberon.