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J. Robert Oppenheimer, renowned physicist and creator of the atomic bomb, has been sharing his consciousness with a pre-biblical demon named Lilith since he first saw the bomb explode and realize what horror and power his creation could deliver. Lilith pushes him through the narrative of this play, as he reminisces and examines the events of his life that guided him to the fate he traveled in his life. This interaction focuses on Oppie’s life after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with the war over and
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Start: Oppie: We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed. A few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scriptures, the Bhagavad-Gita.
End: Oppie: Leave me alone, can’t you leave me alone for one damned minute? Lilith: Don’t turn your back on me. You will regret it. (She is gone.) Oppie: What’s one more?
Kreitzer, Carson, The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Dramatic Publishing, 2006, pp. 64-66.
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