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The Good and the True
Drawn from the original journals of Czech athlete Milos Dobry and actress Hana Pravda, this is the story of two people who went through the same places and experienced similar tragedies—and yet they never met. The paths of their lives crossed each other but also passed each other. They both survived Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, death marches, and witnessed murder firsthand.
Format: One-act drama
Cast Size:1M/1F
Running Time: 1 hour
Character breakdown:
Hana Maria Pravda
Milos Dobry
Notes:
Director: Daniel Hrbek
Dramaturgy: Lucie Kolouchová and Brian Daniels
English adaptation: Brian Daniels
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
DR2 Theater, Manhattan, NY, August–September 2014; Prague-based theatre company Svandolo Divadlo and Brian Daniels produced a UK tour.
DR2 Theater, Manhattan, NY, August–September 2014; Prague-based theatre company Svandolo Divadlo and Brian Daniels produced a UK tour.
Original Source Material: Translated from the Czech of the award-winning production Shoah, directed by Daniel Hrbek for the Svandovo Theatre, Prague.
Nationality of Author: English
Original Language: English
Production Rights Holder:
Experience(s) Chronicled: Concentration and Extermination Camps | Perpetrators, Bystanders and Collaborators | Survivors and Subsequent Generations | The Ghettos
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Lifetime Achievement Award
The National Jewish Theater Foundation presented its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to Alfred Uhry. The presentation took place as part of the Lincoln Center Library event on January 27th 2025 in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Lifetime Achievement Award
On September 30, 2024, French playwright, Mr. Jean Claude Grumberg received the Lifetime Achievement Award. It was presented by NJTF HTII President, Arnold Mittelman with Dominique Trimbur, PhD-Manager for the History of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, Teaching of the Holocaust of Fondation Pour La Memoir de la Shoah Project.