Nicole Kidman returns to stage as sidelined DNA scientist
by Robin McKie from on (#KJ3Q)
Star will fulfil vow to her father when she plays Rosalind Franklin, whose work was vital to cracking the genetic code
It is rated by some as one of the greatest injustices in scientific history. For others, it is a storm in an academic teacup, a distraction from the real story of the uncovering of the structure of DNA, the stuff from which our genes are made.
However, for Nicole Kidman the opportunity to play one of the search's chief protagonists, Rosalind Franklin, in Anna Ziegler's play Photograph 51 - which opens in London's West End next week - provides her with a special challenge: a chance to fulfil a pledge to her late father, Antony Kidman.
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