The Modern Nativity Play

Just as a concentration camp is about to be liberated, prisoners are forced to rehearse a nativity play about Herod and Christ's family, authored by a camp guard. During the course of Iredynski's drama, the camp prisoners play ironic roles in this grotesque nativity play.
Format: Drama

Snapshot

Original or Prominent Production:
Poznan, Poland 1965
Nationality of Author: Polish
Original Language: Polish
Publisher:

Dialog, 7; Authors Agency Warsaw

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