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Confessions of a Butterfly: An Evening with Janusz Korczak
Author(s): Jonathan Salt
August 1942. Warsaw. Janusz Korczak, world-renowned pediatrician, educator and youth worker is in his room at the top of the building housing 200 orphans. They are Jewish and living within the walls of the Jewish ghetto. The liquidation of the ghetto has begun. How can he prepare the children for the inevitable? Is there an easier way out? The children are worried about fights and wobbly teeth, someone has stolen an apple, and will they get a bedtime story? Korczak reflects on the state of the world and the fate of the children in his care.
Format: Full-length, one-man play
Cast Size: 1M
Running Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, August 2024.
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, August 2024.
Original Source Material: Inspired by Korczak's The Ghetto Diaries and other writings.
Nationality of Author: English
Original Language: English
Production Rights Holder:
Jonathan Salt
Experience(s) Chronicled: Germany, Hitler and the Growth of Nazism | Concentration and Extermination Camps | The Ghettos
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