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Holocaust Duet
Author(s): Charles LaBorde
The play tells the story of two youths caught up in the horror that was Auschwitz-Birkenau. The two characters are depicted both as aging adults looking back on their survival and as their youthful personas living the terrors first-hand. The play uses no scenery. It is suitable for a full staging or as a brief readers theatre piece.
Format: One-act drama or reader's theatre.
Cast Size: Two teenage actors; one male, one female; two older actors representing the same two characters much later in life.
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
2006 at Northwest School of the Arts.
2006 at Northwest School of the Arts.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Publisher:
Kindle Direct Publishing, 2017.
Production Rights Holder:
Charles LaBorde
Experience(s) Chronicled: Concentration and Extermination Camps | Survivors and Subsequent Generations
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