ABSTRACT
Other people at Trial including army, politician, and scientist photographer
Alphabet a, b, c, d, e, f
Newsreel stage manager atom clio henry
Honky tonk Watchers: atom clio henry army navy business man scientist politician power
Uranium hunt (ballet and speaking chorus)
Crossroads army navy businessman scientist politician atom clio henry stranger
Counter-attack center stage manager brigadier captain briggs col. peabody col. sparks president of the united states four-star general
Act I The overture should epitomize the play. It should be modern, powerful, dissonant. It has two dominant themes which are used all through the play, suggesting musically the two sides of the atom. Think, in imagining how one of these motifs should sound, of: ‘A blur of energy whirling in a distant orbit around the nuclear sun.’ For this same motif, think of ‘the energy acquired by one electron falling through an electric field of one million volts.’
