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English Lessons
Author(s): Cynthia L. Cooper
Gemma LaGuardia Gluck, sister to New York City Mayor and anti-Nazi orator Fiorello LaGuardia, is held as a Jewish political hostage in Ravensbrück women’s concentration camp in 1944, where she strains to reach out to her brother for help, while also supporting other women in the camp.
Format: Short dramatic play
Cast Size: 1 female, 60s; 1 male, 60s
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Remember the Women Institute, Women, Theatre and the Holocaust, 2024.
Remember the Women Institute, Women, Theatre and the Holocaust, 2024.
Original Source Material: Fiorello's Sister: Gemma LaGuardia Gluck's Story, edited by Rochelle Saidel, Syracuse University Press (2007).
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
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