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The Last of Hitler
Author(s): Joan Schenkar
Described by the playwright as a "comedy of menace," the ironic dramatic premise is that Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun hide out after World War II in a Jewish retirement community in Miami.
Format: Dark comedy
Cast Size:10M or F, cast can expand up to 12
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
NYC, 1982
NYC, 1982
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Publisher:
In Signs of Life: Six Comedies of Menace by Joan Schenkar, Wesleyan University Press.
Experience(s) Chronicled: Perpetrators, Bystanders and Collaborators | Allegoric or Metaphoric Representations
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