In the Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer

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by Heinar Kipphardt. Originally written in German as In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer (more correctly translated as In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer). A play about the development of a hydrogen bomb and the scientists' inner struggle whether to build the bomb or not. Published in German in 1964 and in English in 1967, In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer, uses primary source material from the hearings regarding whether or not to grant Oppenheimer security clearance in the 1950s (after the development of the Hydrogen bomb).


Directed by Leonard Schach for PACT in Pretoria in October(?) 1965, with John Hayter in the lead. The play was branded as "communist" and PACT abandoned the production, but when the province obtained a new administrator soon afterward the play was allowed to continue.


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