In true British style, it turned out to be a hoax perpetrated by Burke, revealed by a third person just as Frayn was about to go to the papers. The crumpled papers appeared to make a joke about Ping-Pong and uranium 235.
This book concerns a mysterious package Frayn received during the play's London run, from "Celia Rhys-Evans," saying that she had seen the play, and that during a stay at Farm Hall in the '60s she had found some papers written in German that must be relevant. After the war, Heisenberg was interned by the British for six months at an estate called Farm Hall so the Allies might learn how far the German program had gotten-events also covered in the play. The play itself concerns a mysterious 1941 meeting in the Nazi-occupied Danish capital between Werner Heisenberg, head of the covert Nazi nuclear program, and Niels Bohr (played by Burke), his former mentor. Spinoff project may thus depend on readers' willingness to delve into the arcana of physics and history, and into the working lives of the playwright and of Burke, a leading player in the London run of Copenhagen. To his credit, he doesn't enjoy the same name recognition here as does, say, a native like David Mamet. The cast, amazingly spontaneous and completely engaged, keep this.intellectual play compelling.Won three Tony awards in 2000 (including best play), and the London playwright has Noises Off "Michael Frayn's play makes demands on actors. Bohr with perfect measures of charm and candor." –WHYY more
Nolan, for a Niels Bohr who tries mightily to balance the idea of nuclear science with the political realities and devastation it can create and to Sally Mercer, who plays Mrs. Cheers to Lantern's artistic director, Charles McMahon, for providing a Heisenberg who is at once proud and unsure of his role with the Nazis to the veteran actor Paul L. " Thrilling! You can't conjure the sort of urgency the production emanates without three actors who know just how to create it. We've come to expect nothing less from this smart and substantive company, and we got it." –DC Metro Theater Arts more The Lantern's remount of Copenhagen is intelligent, thought-provoking, and relevant, holding enduring insight and appeal for a sophisticated audience.
It's a superb rendition of a work of resounding significance." –The Philadelphia Inquirer more
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