A Message from Arnold Mittelman After a career in not-for-profit and commercial theater spanning more than 40 years I was honored in 2007 to found the National Jewish Theater / Foundation and in 2010 to assume leadership of its Holocaust Theater International...
Fragile Fire: The Story of Mordechai and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The story of Mordechai Anielewicz, who in 1943, at age 24, led the uprising against the Germans in the Warsaw Ghetto. As the Germans were sending the 400,000 inmates of the ghetto to Treblinka, Anielewicz and his colleagues took fate into their own hands and fought back.
Format: One-act drama
Cast Size:2M/3F
Notes:
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Original or Prominent Production:
Wednesday 4 December 2013, Sheffield Library Theatre, UK; Tuesday, 28 January 2014, Chrysalis Theatre, Milton Keynes, UK.
Wednesday 4 December 2013, Sheffield Library Theatre, UK; Tuesday, 28 January 2014, Chrysalis Theatre, Milton Keynes, UK.
Nationality of Author: English
Original Language: English
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