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Although a chronological account of Turing's life might make a solid social- problem drama, Whitemore and Lead Actor Derek Jacobi, who shared in the play's conception, plainly wanted something beyond gay-rights advocacy. In successive productions they have focused ever more on the intellectual insights that made Turing unique without losing either his eccentricity or his humanity. The complex structure of flashbacks and flash forwards, monologues and dreamlike incidents is meant to convey something of the flavor and psychological sources of his genius. Much like Mozart in Amadeus, this sophisticated thinker seems suspended emotionally in adolescence. As Turing...
...business school faculty was unaware of Edelman's offer until early this month, when one of the 80 students who had applied for the 15-person seminar complained to the school's dean of students, Jacobi said...
When informed of the offer, Dean of the Business School John C. Burton brought it before the school's committee on instruction. The members of the committee "were all adamant that monetary incentive is inappropriate to an institution of higher learning," Jacobi said...
...Edelman to withdraw his offer, but Edelman said he couldn't withdraw an offer made in good faith. When faced with the threat of no longer being able to teach the class, he agreed to withdraw the offer only if Burton would come to class and explain the situation, Jacobi said...
Despite the dean's ruling, after his announcement the class participated in a straw poll in which 13 of the 14 students attending sided with the professor, Jacobi said...