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Historical science plays, like historical films and novels, are a form of fiction. Although they are “based on” actual historical events and real science, they deviate of necessity from the actual events (but not from the science, unless it is science fiction) in order to achieve their dramatic impact.
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Cassidy, D.C. (2017). Science, History, Drama. In: Farm Hall and the German Atomic Project of World War II. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59578-8_3
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