June 9, 2000

Historical Accuracy in 'Copenhagen'

To the Editor:

Paul Lawrence Rose ... distorts Michael Frayn's Copenhagen in just the way he argues the play distorts the historical record ("Frayn's Copenhagen Plays Well, at History's Expense," Opinion, May 5). I agree with Rose's contention that playwrights have an obligation to represent historical figures fairly when they put them on stage, but this obligation extends to historians discussing plays as well.

The mistake Rose makes is to conflate the

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