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The Aching Heart of Samuel Kleinerman
Author(s): Marion Andre Czerniecki
Set in Berlin in 1936, with increasing anti-Semitic attacks against the Jewish population, a jeweler decides to steal the money that he has been entrusted with for his ill aunt. His moral quandary is heightened when the aunt’s son, a close friend and an escapee from a Nazi concentration camp, arrives in desperate need.
Format: Drama
Cast Size: 9M/2F
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production: Theatre Plus, Toronto 1984
Original Language: English
Publisher:
In The Gates: Three Stories & A Play, Mosaic Press backlist, 1984