The theatrical performance Copenhagen is an first-rate insight to human correlation and the ins and outs of the human mind. The plot is difficult to follow and confusing at times, but this is not where Copenhagen shines, rather, its appeal comes through its deep perception of subtle differences in mind and character. The way in which people conduct themselves is on show here and is conveyed excellently through clear dramatic action and consistent performance. This play is a masterpiece in its use of dramatic elements such as use of space, role and relationship, symbolism and its manipulation of time and space. The play was performed on a stage with a two sided audience, one side was the regular seating arrangement of the theatre and the other was a double level, jury style seating arrangement on tiers behing the stage oppisette the larger audience with 16 people in total occupying these seats. The play consisted of a meeting that was believed to have taken place in Copenhagen between two scientist, Bohr and Heisenberg and Bohrs wife, Margrethe on plans of how to safely construct an atom bomb. Each scientist working for different countries and for different personal reasons. Specifically for a large proportion of non-physicist audience members this is a look at the state of mind of those involved in the big decision making positions during war and how so many factors can equal out or tip the balance.
             Use of space worked will for this particular play as it was minimalistic but at the same time symbolic. Initially it consisted of three chair arranged on the outside of a circle of lifht. The set was otherwise bare except for the audience members set up in tiers on the oppisette side of the main body of the audience, The jury like set up was not absoloutely necessary but it did save the set from a starkness which may have resulted had there been a blank wall. Movement in the space was again very symbolic, by raising its sp...