# The Score - Paperback

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by **Oliver Cotton** (Author)

**...one moment there's nothing. Then there's something. Your mind's blank - then there's an idea. From second to second. There it is, the germ of your cantata, your chorale, your partita. Out of the void. Out of nothing - to something. In a millionth of a second. A divine spark!**

Spring 1747. Potsdam, Prussia. Johann Sebastian Bach reluctantly visits the court of Frederick II, Europe's most ambitious and dangerous leader.

The two men could hardly be more different. As the Age of Enlightenment dawns, they stand in opposite camps. Bach is deeply religious, Frederick is an athiest. Bach loathes war, Frederick revels in it. Bach studies scripture, Frederick reads military history. However, Frederick remains in awe of Bach's genius and has mischievously prepared a musical conundrum that he hopes will baffle the composer and amuse his court.

The explosive events of the following days could not have been predicted by either man.

This edition was published to coincide with the West End production in February 2025.

### Author Biography

**Oliver Cotton** was born in London. As an actor he has played leading roles at the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Royal Court Theatre, The Old Vic and in London's West End. His many TV appearances include: _The Borgias_ (Cesare Borgia), _David Copperfield_, _The Year of The French_, _The Party_, _Redemption_, _Poirot_, _The Camomile Lawn_, _Westbeach_, _Sharpe's Battle_, _Rhodes_, _All Quiet on the Preston Front_, _Innocents_, _Judge John Deed_, _Inspector Lynley_, _Waking The Dead_, _MIT_, _Beastly Games_, _Midsomer Murders,_ _Sensitive Skin_ (series 1 & 2), _The Commander_, _Margaret_. and _Money_. His films include: _Here We go Round The Mulberry Bush_, _The Day Christ Died_, _Firefox_, _Oliver Twist_, _The Sicilian_, _Eleni_, _Hiding Out,_ _Christopher Columbus_, _Son of the Pink Panther_, _The Innocent Sleep_, _Phoenix Blue_, _The Opium War_, _Beowulf_, _Baby Blue_, The Dancer Upstairs, Shanghai Knights, The Bone _Collector_, _Rain_ _Dogs_, _Colour Me Kubrick_, _Pope_ _Joan_. His other writing includes: _Man Falling Down_ for Shakespeare's Globe, The Incredible Journey of Sir Frances Younghusband and The Enoch Show both for the Royal Court Theatre. For the cinema he has written: _Singing For Stalin_, _Vines, Wet Weather Cover_ and _Deadline_. For television he has written _A Touch of Frost_ and _Diamond Geezer_.

**Number of Pages:** 112

**Dimensions:** 0.23 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN

**Publication Date:** April 03, 2025

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