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Hana
Martin Glaser's stage adaptation of Alena Mornštajnová's book of the same name. In 1954, nine-year-old Mira’s life is about to change forever. After a typhoid outbreak rages through her town, robbing her of her parents and siblings, the orphaned child is forced to live with her mysterious, depressive Aunt Hana, a figure both frightening and fragile. Gradually, Mira uncovers the secrets of their troubled family history and begins to understand why her aunt is so incapable of trusting herself and the world around her. Deftly weaving two separate timelines, the harrowing reasons behind Hana’s reclusive way of life, the guilt she wears as palpably as a cloak, and the tattoo on her wrist, are revealed to Mira.
Format: Full-length drama
Cast Size: 10M/10F
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Original or Prominent Production:
Czech Premiere: 11th October 2019 at the Mahen Theatre, Brno.
Czech Premiere: 11th October 2019 at the Mahen Theatre, Brno.
Original Source Material: The book Hana by Alena Mornštajnová, is based on true events that occurred in the Moravian city of Valašské Meziříčí.
Nationality of Author: Czechoslovakian
Original Language: Czechoslovakian
Publisher:
English translation published by Parthian Books. Visit the website: www.parthianbooks.com
Experience(s) Chronicled: Concentration and Extermination Camps | Survivors and Subsequent Generations | Women and the Holocaust
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