I got a chance to see the play this weekend. (The run ends next week.) I really enjoyed it. I am not a theater critic, so I will leave it at that. It has some artistic license, of course, but none of the howlers that ruined "The Imitation Game," thank goodness.  I hope it can be staged elsewhere.

One question I have for the SIG: Babbage obviously knew of Leibniz's work, but was he familiar with Leibniz's writing on what we now call binary arithmetic? If so, what did  Babbage think of it? I mention this because binary comes up in the play in several interesting scenes.

Paul Ceruzzi
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This message is a little late, and it may appeal only to those of you in the DC area, although I believe the play will be staged in other cities. I haven't seen it yet but plan to next week.  A play about Ada Augusta and Charles Babbage:

https://avantbard.org/project/ada-and-the-engine/
Paul Ceruzzi