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The Farnsworth Invention by Lesley Alexander
December 30, 2007, 9:14.39 pm ET

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The next time you want to dramatize an encyclopedia article get Aaron Sorkin ("A Few Good Men" and TV’s "The West Wing") and the story will explode off the page. That’s what the playwright has just done with his new show, "The Farnsworth Invention". It’s a look at the birth of television and there’s enough science and case-law to make your head spin. But Sorkin knows how to move a story along and the zigs and zags of patent office disputes make for an engaging evening. more


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