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All the Tricks but One [Le Temps des muets]
Author(s): Gilles Segal
This theatrical play is set at the close of World War II and focuses on a Jewish vaudevillian, Little Slam, who has performed silently to hide his Jewish accent. His relationship to the grandson of the theatre director leads to his risking his life and speaking.
Format: Dramatic Comedy
Cast Size:6M/2F/1 boy
Notes:
For additional reading, see Gene A. Plunka, Holocaust Drama: The Theater of Atrocity, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009, pp. 151–156.
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Milwaukee Repertory Theater, January 17, 1992
Milwaukee Repertory Theater, January 17, 1992
Nationality of Author: French
Original Language: French
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Experience(s) Chronicled: Hiding
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