Photograph 51

by Anna Ziegler Narrated by Miriam Margolyes, Full Cast

Overview

Rosalind Franklin was a gifted research scientist who was part of the race to uncover the secrets of DNA in the 1950's. Her more famous contemporaries Watson and Krick took all the kudos for the discovery of the molecule's double helix structure - yet it was Franklin's skill with X-ray diffraction that first uncovered what's called “the secret of life”.

Includes an interview with Brenda Maddox, the world's foremost biographer of Rosalind Franklin and author of "Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA".

Also includes and interview with Dr Pamela Björkman, the Max Delbruck Professor of Biology at the California Institute of Technology, and an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Miriam Margolyes as Rosalind
Matthew Arkin as Caspar
Maxwell Caulfield as Wilkins
Jon Matthews as Watson
Darren Richardson as Gosling
Nick Toren as Crick

Directed by Michael Hackett. Recorded at the Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

Photograph 51 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 to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

I'd wager that it won't be too long before Photograph 51 gets the big-screen treatment itself, and Ziegler hints at all sorts of additional stories that seem ripe for expansion... As it is, the playwright's interest lies not just in the hurtling advances of science and the casualties such quests leave in their wake but, equally, in Franklin's dual prescence as a person out of step with her fellow scientists for reasons of both gender and religion.” —The Arts Desk

“Engrossing” —Independent

“A perfect science-history play, with all the hurtling momentum of a race towards discovery, all the step-by-step deductions, competition and backhanded betrayals” —Variety

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172085321
Publisher:	L.A. Theatre Works
Publication date:	12/15/2011
Edition description:	Unabridged

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