Breaking the Code
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Breaking the Code is a 1986 play by Hugh Whitemore about Alan Turing.
The play thematically links Turing's cryptography activity with his attempts to grapple with his homosexuality.
It ran on Broadway from November 15, 1987 to April 10, 1988, starring Derek Jacobi. The production was nominated for three Tony Awards including Best Actor in a Play, Best Featured Actor in a Play, and Best Direction of a Play, and for two Drama Desk awards, for Best Actor and Best Featured Actor.
It was adapted for television in a 1996 BBC production also starring Jacobi, which won a Broadcasting Press Guild Award and was nominated for two BAFTA TV awards, for best single drama and best actor, and for a GLAAD Media Award.
[edit] Critical Response
William A. Henry III, writing for Time Magazine, described the play as "elegant and poignant".[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Henry III, William A. (November 23, 1987), “Ingenuousness And Genius BREAKING THE CODE”, Time, <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966030,00.html>. Retrieved on 10 May 2008
[edit] External links
- Breaking the Code at the Internet Broadway Database
- Breaking the Code at the Internet Movie Database
- Breaking the Code at the Alan Turing Scrapbook
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