Breaking the Code: Based on the book ALAN TURING: THE ENIGMA by Andrew Hodges
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In Hugh Whitemore's play, Simon Templeman stars as brilliant mathematician Alan Turing, the man who cracked the German Enigma code and enabled the Allies to win World War II. But Turing was to find that the country he saved cared less about his genius and more about his sexual orientation.

Breaking the Code is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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10/1/2004
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Hugh Whitmore. (2004). Breaking the Code: Based on the book ALAN TURING: THE ENIGMA by Andrew Hodges. Unabridged L.A. Theatre Works.

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Hugh Whitmore. 2004. Breaking the Code: Based On the Book ALAN TURING: THE ENIGMA By Andrew Hodges. L.A. Theatre Works.

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Hugh Whitmore, Breaking the Code: Based On the Book ALAN TURING: THE ENIGMA By Andrew Hodges. L.A. Theatre Works, 2004.

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Hugh Whitmore. Breaking the Code: Based On the Book ALAN TURING: THE ENIGMA By Andrew Hodges. Unabridged L.A. Theatre Works, 2004.

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Breaking the Code is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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