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Black Angel
Author(s): Michael Cristofer
Martin Engel is an ex-SS officer who has been tried, convicted, and then freed after serving his term for the massacre of over 200 Jews in a small French village. He returns to the village, where the play is set, hoping to live his life out in peace. Engel reveals that he served out of duty not out of a commitment to Nazism and that while he did not give the orders for the massacre, he recognizes his guilt. At the climax of the play, Engel does not resist those villagers who have come to murder him.
Format: Full-length drama
Cast Size:10M/1F
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 1978
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 1978
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Publisher:
Dramatists Play Service, 1984
Production Rights Holder:
Experience(s) Chronicled: Perpetrators, Bystanders and Collaborators
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