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Derek Jacobi took London and Broadway by storm in this exceptional biographical drama in regards to a man who broke too many codes: the eccentric genius Alan Turing who played a significant role in winning the earth War II; he broke the complex German code called Enigma, enabling allied forces to foresee German manoeuvres. Since his work was classified top secret for years following the war, no person knew how much was owed to him when he was put on trial for breaking another code the taboo against homosexuality. Turing, who was also the first ever to conceive of computers, was convicted of the criminal act of homosexuality and sentenced to undergo hormone treatments which left him physically and mentally debilitated. He died a suicide, forgotten and alone. This play is about who he was, what happened to him and just why.
