Anna Ziegler

Ziegler’s thoughtful, empathetic play brings home with bitter comedy the unlovely male-domination of this world in the 1950s ... glorious." Independent London 1953. Scientists are on the verge of discovering what they call the secret of life: the DNA double helix. Providing the key is driven young physicist Rosalind Franklin. But if the double helix was the breakthrough of the...

The first collection of plays from a major American playwright, Plays One includes: Photograph 51, A Delicate Ship, Boy and The Last Match. Photograph 51: Does Rosalind Franklin know how precious her photograph is? In the race to unlock the secret of life, it could be the one to hold the key. With rival scientists looking everywhere for the answer,...