Memory

Based on true events, a man learns of his grandmother’s history during the Holocaust as the Berlin Wall is being torn down. Meanwhile, a parallel story occurs in Bethlehem a generation later when the Israeli security barrier is raised.
Format: Drama with songs
Cast Size:6M/1F
Running Time: 90 minutes

Snapshot

Original or Prominent Production:
Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Wales, U.K., 2006.
Original Source Material: Lichtenstein’s grandmother lived behind the Berlin Wall. As a child, he visited her only once. The starting point for the play was the imaginary conversation he never had with his grandmother about her side of the story.
Nationality of Author: Welsh
Original Language: English
Publisher:

Nick Hern Books

Production Rights Holder:

Nick Hern Books

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