The Real Dr. Strangelove (by Peter Goodchild)


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Développeur L.A. Theatre Works
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The Real Dr. Strangelove (by Peter Goodchild) is presented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines a professional audio recording with supplemental features for download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.

The birth of Armageddon. The first H-bomb detonates and the proud father is Edward Teller. But hes on a collision course with Robert Oppenheimer, the inventor of the bomb that obliterated Hiroshima. Now Oppenheimer has turned pacifist and the government will stop at nothing to “neutralize” him. And Teller is their star witness!

Includes an interview with Richard Rhodes, Americas preeminent historian of the nuclear age. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Making of the Atomic Bomb, and its companion book, Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb. In addition to editing or authoring more than twenty other books, Rhodes has been a visiting scholar at Harvard and MIT, and has testified before the U.S. Senate on nuclear energy.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Jordan Baker, Corey Brill, John de Lancie, Reed Diamond, J. Michael Flynn, Raphael Sbarge, Joe Spano, Matt St. James, Simon Templeman, Granville Van Dusen, Geoffrey Wade and Margaret Welsh.

This play 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.

DURATION: About a 2.25 hour performance.