The cast, amazingly spontaneous and completely engaged, keep this.intellectual play compelling. This Study Guide consists of approximately 23 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Copenhagen. These are the questions British playwright Michael Frayn explores in his Tony-winning 1998 three-hander Copenhagen, now running in a Soulpepper Theatre Company production that opened in Toronto on. '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 In 1941 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a strange trip to Copenhagen to see his Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr. But one of the beauties of the play is that. Copenhagen is an intellectual and theatrical tour de force.'Go see Copenhagen. Frayn offers us several alternative versions of what might have happened when the two men met under the watchful eye of Bohr’s wife, Margrethe. 'The word 'tremendous' is often used but seldom deserved. An electrifying work of art.'-The New York Times 'The most invigorating and ingenious play of ideas in many a year. In this incisive drama by the prominent British playwright which premiered at the Royal National Theatre in London and opened to rave reviews on Broadway, the two men meet in a situation fraught with danger in hopes of discovering why we do what we do. Together they had revolutionized atomic science in the 1920s, but now they were on opposite sides of a world war. In 1941 German physicist Werner Heisenberg went to Copenhagen to see his Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr. Winner of 3 Tony Awards, including Best Play - 2000! Together they had revolutionized atomic scie. Drama Characters: 2 male, 1 female Interior Set Winner of 3 Tony Awards, including Best Play - 2000! In 1941 German physicist Werner Heisenberg went to Copenhagen to see his Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr.

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