abstractSynopsis:
This play is an adaptation of ;British playwright Michael Frayn's Copenhagen, a Tony Award-winning play. Set in World War II, this play is based on Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr’s changing relationships. Heisenberg and Bohr were both scientists of nuclear. Before the war, they were close to each other like father and son. Nevertheless, after Germany occupied Denmark, Bohr was captivated for his Jewish ethnicity. Heisenberg visited him when he was captivated, a meeting which caused the two have a major falling out and separated for good. Bohr eventually managed to escape to the U.S. and later became the lead in the Manhattan Project. This play starts with the falling out incident retold from the angles of Bohr, Hensenberg and Bohr's wife ;Marguerite. The three encounter each other again in an imaginary world after death. Their respective ;reminiscences ;of the past further bring out dialogues about science, humanity, feelings and life values. This play is presented in an unrealistic manner with the actors circling on the stage, representing the structure of an atom. In addition, dead spirits" keep appearing on stage, symbolizing the always present onlookers of these events. "