Copenhagen

Copenhagen is a 1998 play by English playwright Michael Frayn. The play is a fictionalized account of a real-life meeting in 1941 between the physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in Copenhagen, Denmark, during World War II.

The play explores the complex relationship between Bohr and Heisenberg, who were friends and colleagues before the war. It delves into the ethical and philosophical questions surrounding their work on nuclear physics and the development of the atomic bomb. The play uses a non-linear structure, with characters appearing as ghosts and revisiting scenes, to examine the ambiguity and uncertainty of the past and the nature of scientific responsibility. Copenhagen won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2000 and is considered one of Frayn's most significant works.