In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer

In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer)

    Author: Heinar Kipphardt

    First Performance: 1964, Berlin and Munich

    Published: 1964; rev. 1978

    First English Translation: 1967

    Genre: Documentary drama in 2 acts; German prose

    Setting: Tribunal, USA, 1954

    Cast: 14m

The action is devoted entirely to hearings called to establish whether J. Robert Oppenheimer should have his security clearance renewed. Oppenheimer, whose team created the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima, is now, in the post-war period, dragging his heels over the development of the hydrogen bomb. The first part deals with his association with left-wing sympathizers during the construction of the atom bomb, including his relationship with his communist ex-fiancée. Oppenheimer insists that...

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