| Author |
Ziegler, Anna |
| Year |
2011 |
| First published |
2011 |
| Publisher |
: Dramatists Play Service |
| Number of pages |
59 |
| ISBN |
9780822225089 |
| Keywords |
U.K., biochemistry, ambition/recognition of scientists, women in science, historical, female scientist |
Abstract
A play that mainly focuses on the work and work-life of Rosalind Franklin, the unsung
heroine of the discovery of the double helix structure of the DNA. She made the famous
and titular “Photograph 51”, which proved that the human DNA is structured in
a double helix. The play centers around her struggle for recognition and the male
scientists around her trying to claim credit for her discovery. (FmS)
