The Slotin Story

Re F. Kathleen Foley’s article on Paul Mullin’s play “Louis Slotin Sonata” (“No Mere Slip of the Wrist,” Dec. 12):

I was one of the writers and associate producer on the documentary film “Tickling the Dragon’s Tail: The Story of Louis Slotin,” which ran on Global Television in Canada earlier this year. The film, which was nominated for a Gemini Award (the Canadian television awards), was produced by Great North Productions Inc. in Edmonton and was directed by Tom Radford, who was also principal writer.

Hopefully, our film will be shown on U.S. television someday, so that American viewers will be able to obtain a clearer view of this brave, pioneering and thoughtful Canadian-born and -raised scientist, one who was very highly regarded by his colleagues at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

There was also a 1955 novel based on Slotin--”The Accident,” by Dexter Masters--as well as two earlier plays, one of which was written for radio performance.

MARTIN ZEILIG

Winnipeg, Canada