Margrethe Bohr in Copenhagen is a grounding force for the two men, her husband Niels and Werner Heisenberg (Niels’s colleague and protegé). A description from MIT of her role in this play says that she functions as a Greek chorus to help the audience understand the physics, but also embodies the feminine Read more…
The historical and scientific implications of the play Copenhagen have been debated. Many historians have weighed in since the production first opened on how they view the accuracy of the characters’ statements and the motivations that Frayn has given them (both researched and imagined). Frayn himself issued a postscript after the London Read more…
“Decisions make themselves when you’re coming downhill at seventy kilometers an hour. Suddenly there’s the edge of nothingness in front of you. Swerve left? Swerve right? Or think about it and die?” –Werner Heisenberg, Copenhagen, Act One I first read Copenhagen in 2001, finding a copy in the new arrivals Read more…