Patricia "Pat" Green, a co-worker of Turing's at Bletchley (based on Joan Clarke; 1917–1996)
Performance historyedit
Following an eight-month run at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London's West End beginning on 21 October 1986, the play ran on Broadway in New York City from 15 November 1987, to 10 April 1988, in both cases starring Derek Jacobi. The Broadway production also featured Jenny Agutter in the role of Pat Green.[2] William A. Henry III, writing in Time magazine, described the play as "elegant and poignant".[3] The Broadway 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. Following Jacobi's departure, the London production transferred to the Comedy Theatre with John Castle as Turing.[4]
The national première for Italy of the play was translated and directed by Luca Giberti at the Teatro Stabile in Genoa, featuring Jurij Ferrini.[5][6]
During the Turing Centenary 2012, there were two productions of the play in Germany, at the English Theatre Frankfurt and an amateur tour through Germany and the Netherlands by the University Players Hamburg.[7]
The play was also staged just before the start of the Alan Turing Year celebrations, in December 2011, at the Old Fire Station Theatre in Oxford, by Oxford Theatre Guild.[8]
The play was produced at The Royal Exchange Theatre in 2016, the first major revival of the play in thirty years, with Daniel Rigby in the role of Alan Turing[9]
On 5 October 2019 a new production of the play began at Salisbury Playhouse in the UK. Directed by Christian Durham the performance is given in the round. To achieve this the usual seating configuration of the Playhouse was changed and seats placed on the stage. The part of Alan Turing was played by Edward Bennett.
The play was adapted for television in a 1996 BBC filmed production, directed by Herbert Wise, and 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. It was broadcast in the United States by PBS on Masterpiece Theatre. A producer's cut was released on DVD in 2012.
Referencesedit
^The name Ronald Miller was used by Alan Turing himself in a fragmentary autobiographical short story dated 1954 (AMT/A/13 in the Digital Turing Archive[permanent dead link]).
Performance details in the Theatre Archive, University of Bristol
Breaking the Code plot summary & character descriptions from StageAgent.com
Breaking the Code at the Alan Turing Scrapbook, at Perma.cc.
January 01, 1970
breaking, code, 1986, british, play, hugh, whitemore, about, british, mathematician, alan, turing, player, breaking, german, enigma, code, bletchley, park, during, world, pioneer, computer, science, play, thematically, links, turing, cryptographic, activities,. Breaking the Code is a 1986 British play by Hugh Whitemore about British mathematician Alan Turing who was a key player in the breaking of the German Enigma code at Bletchley Park during World War II and a pioneer of computer science The play thematically links Turing s cryptographic activities with his attempts to grapple with his homosexuality It was adapted into a 1996 television film directed by Herbert Wise with Derek Jacobi reprising his stage role as Turing Contents 1 Characters 2 Performance history 3 In other media 3 1 Television 4 References 5 External linksCharacters editAlan Turing Mick Ross detective Christopher Morcom Turing s childhood friend 1911 1930 Sara Turing Turing s mother 1881 1976 Ron Miller a young man having an affair with Turing based on Arnold Murray 1 Dillwyn Knox manager at Bletchley Park recruiting Turing for government service Patricia Pat Green a co worker of Turing s at Bletchley based on Joan Clarke 1917 1996 Performance history editFollowing an eight month run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London s West End beginning on 21 October 1986 the play ran on Broadway in New York City from 15 November 1987 to 10 April 1988 in both cases starring Derek Jacobi The Broadway production also featured Jenny Agutter in the role of Pat Green 2 William A Henry III writing in Time magazine described the play as elegant and poignant 3 The Broadway 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 Following Jacobi s departure the London production transferred to the Comedy Theatre with John Castle as Turing 4 The national premiere for Italy of the play was translated and directed by Luca Giberti at the Teatro Stabile in Genoa featuring Jurij Ferrini 5 6 During the Turing Centenary 2012 there were two productions of the play in Germany at the English Theatre Frankfurt and an amateur tour through Germany and the Netherlands by the University Players Hamburg 7 The play was also staged just before the start of the Alan Turing Year celebrations in December 2011 at the Old Fire Station Theatre in Oxford by Oxford Theatre Guild 8 The play was produced at The Royal Exchange Theatre in 2016 the first major revival of the play in thirty years with Daniel Rigby in the role of Alan Turing 9 On 5 October 2019 a new production of the play began at Salisbury Playhouse in the UK Directed by Christian Durham the performance is given in the round To achieve this the usual seating configuration of the Playhouse was changed and seats placed on the stage The part of Alan Turing was played by Edward Bennett In other media editTelevision edit Main article Breaking the Code film The play was adapted for television in a 1996 BBC filmed production directed by Herbert Wise and 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 It was broadcast in the United States by PBS on Masterpiece Theatre A producer s cut was released on DVD in 2012 References edit The name Ronald Miller was used by Alan Turing himself in a fragmentary autobiographical short story dated 1954 AMT A 13 in the Digital Turing Archive permanent dead link Jenny Agutter website retrieved 9 April 2012 Henry III William A 23 November 1987 Ingenuousness And Genius Breaking The Code Time archived from the original on 22 October 2010 retrieved 10 May 2008 Breaking the Code on John Castle Fansite Interview to director and cast of Italian edition Archived from the original on 17 September 2016 Retrieved 25 July 2012 Festival della Scienza programme entry archived from the original on 19 May 2007 retrieved 25 July 2012 Breaking the Code Frankfurt 7 Sep 27 Oct 2012 University Players on Tour Breaking the Code 14 Sep 1 Nov 2012 Breaking the Code on Oxford Theatre Guild s Website Retrieved on 26 May 2013 BREAKING THE CODE Royal Exchange Theatre External links edit Breaking the Code at the Internet Broadway Database Performance details in the Theatre Archive University of Bristol Breaking the Code plot summary amp character descriptions from StageAgent com Breaking the Code at the Alan Turing Scrapbook archived at Perma cc Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Breaking the Code amp oldid 1195257164, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
