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Photograph 51 Paperback – 1 December 2015

by Anna Ziegler (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars 79 ratings

Does Rosalind Franklin know how precious her photograph is? In the race to unlock the secret of life it could be the one to hold the key. With rival scientists looking everywhere for the answer, who will be first to see it and more importantly, understand it? Anna Ziegler's extraordinary play looks at the woman who cracked DNA and asks what is sacrificed in the pursuit of science, love and a place in history.

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  1. ISBN-10
    1783199350
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1783199358
  3. Publisher
    Oberon
  4. Publication date
    1 December 2015
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    12.85 x 0.46 x 19.84 cm
  7. Print length
    112 pages
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This extraordinary play looks at the woman who cracked DNA and asks what is sacrificed in the pursuit of greatness.

About the Author

Anna Ziegler's plays include The Last Match (The Old Globe in San Diego, CA and City Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA), A Delicate Ship (New York City at The Playwrights Realm; previously produced at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Dov and Ali (Theatre503), Another Way Home (Theater J, Washington, DC; Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA), and BFF (WET Productions at the DR2 Theatre, New York City). She has been commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Virginia Stage Company and New Georges. Her plays have been developed at The Sundance Theatre Lab, The O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, The Williamstown Theatre Festival, New York Stage and Film, The Araca Group, Old Vic New Voices, and Soho Rep's Writer/Director Lab, among many others.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oberon
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 1 December 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1783199350
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1783199358
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 104 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.85 x 0.46 x 19.84 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 79 ratings

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Anna Ziegler

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Anna Ziegler has written the plays ACTUALLY (produced at Manhattan Theatre Club, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Geffen Playhouse, Trafalgar Studios and others; L.A. Ovation Award winner for Playwriting for an Original Play), the widely produced PHOTOGRAPH 51 (directed on the West End by Michael Grandage and starring Nicole Kidman; WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play; named the number one play of 2019 by the Chicago Tribune and in other years selected as a “Best of the Year” play by The Washington Post and The Telegraph), BOY (Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award nominee), THE WANDERERS (The Old Globe; Craig Noel Award winner for Outstanding New Play; upcoming at Roundabout Theatre Company), THE LAST MATCH (Roundabout Theatre Company; The Old Globe; upcoming at Writers’ Theatre, Chicago), and A DELICATE SHIP (New York Times Critic’s Pick; The Playwrights Realm; Cincinnati Playhouse).

Bloomsbury/Oberon Books has published a collection of her work entitled ANNA ZIEGLER: PLAYS ONE and nine of her plays are published by Dramatists Play Service.

Recent notable: PHOTOGRAPH 51 at Melbourne Theatre Company (Australia); THE GREAT MOMENT at Seattle Rep (world premiere) and ANTIGONES at the Ojai Playwrights Conference and the O’Neill Playwrights Conference. She is developing television and movie projects at Apple, HBO Max and Scott Free Productions. More at annabziegler.net.

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  • Francesco
    4.0 out of 5 stars Photograph 51
    Reviewed in Italy on 18 April 2017
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    I did not not know it was a play, thought it was a novel or so.
    The characters are very well delineated although I am not sure that whether their feelings and actions as they appear are the real ones. The character Wilkins comes out very very badly, whereas in the science field it does not that much. In any case, it makes it a very good reading. I would like to see it on stage.
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  • Hfx
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!
    Reviewed in Canada on 30 April 2019
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    I have not been able to see this play yet, but heard the buzz, so bought the script. As a scientist, I was very familiar with the story of Rosalind Franklin and her contributions to solving the structure of DNA, and also the other players. The characters are captured fully and in an imaginative and engaging way. This is one of the best plays I have ever read, and I will travel across the country if I need to, to get to see it come to life.
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  • Sidney A. Simon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent play
    Reviewed in the United States on 17 August 2020
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    Our group put it on and it worked very well.
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  • Emily Kirsten
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 October 2017
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    Wonderfully written play that opens your eyes to the story of a woman that we are sadly taught so little about.
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  • Melvyn Elphee
    4.0 out of 5 stars More armchair than theatre seat
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2016
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    A well constructed and interesting modern play with well explored themes of gender equality, the morality of science, obsession, competition and co-operation based on the real-life story of Rosalind Franklin and her involvement with X-ray and DNA. But it is not a very theatrical play and apart from a visual moment near the end it really works just as well as a script for reading. Which is a lot cheaper!
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