Derek jacobi took london and broadway by storm in this exceptional biographical drama about a man who broke too many codes: Verkkothe most sensitive intelligence came from ultra—the code name applied to all intel coming from bletchley park, including the intercepts of german military messages. It was a crucial contribution. Why was enigma so hard to break? Who broke the enigma code? Enigma, device used by the. Verkkothe story focuses on the life of the english mathematician alan turing, who helped decode the enigma code, used by the germans to send secret orders to their u. Verkkohugh whitemore’s play “breaking the code” illuminates the life, and tragic persecution, of mathematician alan turing — an english war hero, largely.
