Oppenheimer / Tom Morton-Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morton-Smith, Tom, author.

Series:

Oberon modern plays.

Oberon modern plays

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967--Drama.

Oppenheimer, J. Robert.

Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.

Manhattan Project (U.S.)--Drama.

Manhattan Project (U.S.).

Drama & Performance Studies.

Local Subjects:

Drama & Performance Studies.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Oberon Books : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

1939: fascism spreads across Europe, Franco marches on Barcelona and two German chemists discover the processes of atomic fission. In Berkeley, California, theoretical physicists recognise the horrendous potential of this new science: a weapon that draws its power from the very building blocks of the universe. Struggling to cast off his radical past and thrust into a position of power and authority, the charismatic J Robert Oppenheimer races to win the 'battle of the laboratories' and create a weapon so devastating that it would bring about an end not just to the Second World War but to all war. Tom Morton-Smith's new play takes us into the heart of the Manhattan Project, revealing the personal cost of making history.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half-title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Characters""; ""Act One""; ""1 � Lecture Series: Introduction""; ""2 � A Fundraiser for The Relief Effort in Spain""; ""3 � The Department of Theoretical Physics""; ""4 � A Fundraiser for The Relief Effort in Spain [CNTD.]""; ""5 � The Department of Theoretical Physics [CNTD.]""; ""6 � A Fundraiser for The Relief Effort in Spain [CNTD.]""; ""7 � The Department of Theoretical Physics [CNTD.]""; ""8 � Fundraiser for The Relief Effort in Spain [CNTD.]""

""9 � Lecture Series: The Model Atom""""10 � Frank and Jackie Join the Party""; ""11 � The Lincoln Battalion""; ""12 � Lecture Series: A Letter to a President""; ""13 � Peas in a Pod""; ""14 � The Hot Dog""; ""15 � A Phonecall to Richard Harrison""; ""16 � Lecture Series: Chain Reaction""; ""17 � Numbers""; ""18 � The First Feasibility Discussions""; ""19 � Lecture Series: The Man Who Built the Pentagon""; ""20 � Tobacco and Gin""; ""21 � The General and the Pinko""; ""22 � The Oppenheimer Brothers""; ""23 � The Coordinator of Rapid Rupture""

""24 � Lecture Series: Edward Tells a Joke""""25 � The Chevalier Affair""; ""26 � The Boy with A Bear on A Leash""; ""27 � Ignition""; ""28 � Peel That Potato""; ""29 � 128 Pounds of Proud American Soldier""; ""30 � The United States Army Uniform""; ""31 � The Harvard Cyclotron""; ""32 � A Town of Timber Frames""; ""33 � Lecture Series: Tamper Materials""; ""34 � The Complaints of Captain De Silva""; ""35 � Fantasies Of A Hydrogen Bomb""; ""36 � The Mayor of Boomtown""; ""Act Two""; ""1 � The Serbers Try Their Hand At Espionage""; ""2 � A Visit to Jean""

""3 � In General Groves� Office""""4 � Marks One Two Three""; ""5 � A Tram in Munich""; ""6 � A Paralyzed Soul""; ""7 � The Work of Dashiell Hammett""; ""8 � The Story of a Friendship""; ""9 � The Icehouse""; ""10 � A Future Ground Zero""; ""11 � The Impact of the Gadget On Civilisation""; ""12 � Parents""; ""13 � Fat Man Up a Tower""; ""14 � Brother to the Great Robert""; ""15 � Whiskey and The Burning Sky""; ""16 � This is Where I Am For The End of The World""; ""17 � Orange Juice!""; ""18 � We�re All Sons of Bitches Now""; ""19 � Hangover""

""20 � Sayonara""""21 � Enola""; ""22 � Hiroshima""; ""23 � The Battle of the Laboratories""; ""24 � Lecture Series: Bob Serber is in Japan""; ""25 � Lomanitz""; ""26 � The Destroyer of Worlds""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Online resource; description from resource and publisher's metadata (viewed on 18 December 2020).

ISBN:

9781350208414

1350208418

9781783196975

1783196971

OCLC:

904207856

Publisher Number:

221266