Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code is a 1986 British play by Hugh Whitemore about British mathematicianAlan Turing, who was a key player in the breaking of the GermanEnigma code at Bletchley Park during World War II and a pioneer of computer science. The play thematically links Turing's cryptographic activities with his attempts to grapple with his homosexuality.

It was adapted into a 1996 television film directed by Herbert Wise, with Derek Jacobi reprising his stage role as Turing.