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A number

This play addresses the subject of human cloning. How might a man feel to discover that he is only one in a number of identical copies. And which one of him is the original?

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  • "Caryl Churchill's a number"
  • "Royal Court Theatre presents A number"
  • "A number"@sl

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  • "This play addresses the subject of human cloning. How might a man feel to discover that he is only one in a number of identical copies. And which one of him is the original?"@en
  • "Part psychological thriller, part topical scientific speculation, and part analysis of the relationship between fathers and their sons, it combines elegant structural simplicity with an astonishing intellectual and emotional depth ... What a tremendous play this is, moving thought-provoking and dramatically thrilling' Daily Telegraph."
  • ""Bernard always thought he was an only child - but at the age of thirty-five he learns the shocking truth. A Number pushes the boundaries of science and ethics with an astonishing twist on the dynamics of the father/son relationship."--Page 4 of cover"

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  • "Plays"@en
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Drama"
  • "Plays"
  • "Manuscripts document genre"@en
  • "Photocopies"@en

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  • "A number : first performance at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs Sloane Square, London on 23. September 2002"
  • "A number"@en
  • "A number"
  • "Kloni = A number"@sl
  • "Kopier"@da
  • "A Number"
  • "A Number"@en
  • "Kloni"@sl
  • "Die Kopien"
  • "Die Kopien : [Programmheft]"

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