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A Dead Woman on Holiday
Author(s): Julia Pascal
A love story set during the Nuremberg Trials, A Dead Woman on Holiday tells the story of Sophia, a French-Jewish interpreter, and Paul, an American interpreter, as they try to make sense of their growing relationship and come to terms with the trials that they are translating.
Format: Full-length drama
Cast Size: 2M/3F
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production: 14 October 1991 (The Holborn Centre for Performing Arts, UK); 5 November 1995 (New End Theatre, Hampstead, UK) as part of The Holocaust Trilogy.
Original Language: English
Publisher:
In Julia Pascal’s The Holocaust Trilogy, Oberon Books
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Experience(s) Chronicled: Nazi War Crimes and Judgement | Perpetrators, Bystanders and Collaborators | Reactions to the Holocaust