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22 Ratings

4.1

Duration
2H 5min
Language
English
Format
Category

Lyric Poetry & Drama

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. Shortly after, Turing was to find that the country he saved cared less about his genius and more about his sexual orientation.

Based on the book “Alan Turing: The Enigma” by Andrew Hodges.

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. Lead 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.

Directed by Rosalind Ayres Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Sheelagh Cullen as Sara Turing Kenneth Danziger as Detective Mick Ross Peter Dennis as John Smith Samantha Robson as Pat Green Orlando Seale as Ron Miller W. Morgan Sheppard as Dillwyn Knox André Sogliuzzo as Christopher Morcom and Nikos Simon Templeman as Alan Turing

Associate Producer: Susan Raab Recording Engineer: David Kelly for Voicebox Studios Assistant Recording Engineer/Editor: Mark Holden Live Sound Effects: GiGi Garcia

© 2005 L.A. Theatre Works (Audiobook): 9781580814195

Release date

Audiobook: 1 March 2005

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