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A review by marioncromb
Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
A good play. Presents various explanations for Heisenberg's wartime meeting with Bohr, and the viewpoints of former colleagues on opposite sides of a war - one side which built an atomic bomb, and the other that didnt.
An interesting look at a period of time where, somewhat incredibly, the outcome of a world war hinged on the work of theoretical physicists in an astoundingly new area of physics - quantum mechanics - which was in itself a complete reframing of our understanding of everything, revealing inherent indeterminacy, which this play is keen to parallel with human memory/intent/understanding.
Incredibly well researched, but loses something being read and not seeing it performed. However the postscript to the play provides a lot more interesting detail and some of the background of choices made in the writing of the play.
An interesting look at a period of time where, somewhat incredibly, the outcome of a world war hinged on the work of theoretical physicists in an astoundingly new area of physics - quantum mechanics - which was in itself a complete reframing of our understanding of everything, revealing inherent indeterminacy, which this play is keen to parallel with human memory/intent/understanding.
Incredibly well researched, but loses something being read and not seeing it performed. However the postscript to the play provides a lot more interesting detail and some of the background of choices made in the writing of the play.