The Beasts

Author(s): Harold Levitt
Described as a comedy by the author, the play focuses on a fictional key member of Hitler's trusted advisors (possibly based on Rudolf Hess) who is now imprisoned by the Allies. In dream-like sequences, the jailed former high ranking official envisions former colleagues, including the Führer, Joseph Goebbels, the Reich Minister of Propaganda, and Hermann Goering, a key Nazi military leader and for a time Hitler's designated successor.
Format: Drama

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Original or Prominent Production:
Courtyard Playhouse
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
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Published in Harold Levitt’s Five Comedies.

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