No Luggage No Return

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Recently unearthed from a BBC archive by Dr James Jordan of the Parkes Institute at the University of Southampton, the play tells the story of the German railway workers whose job it was to transport Jews to the death camp at Treblinka. Originally a radio play on the BBC’s Home Service, it has been adapted for the stage by Solent lecturer Matt Fletcher, and will be performed in front of an audience that will include Holocaust survivors.
Format: Radio Play
Cast Size:2
Notes:

Originally a radio play on the BBC’s Home Service, it has been adapted for the stage by Solent lecturer Matt Fletcher.

https://www.solent.ac.uk/news/school-of-art-design-and-fashion/2017/no-luggage-no-return-a-play-for-holocaust-memorial-day

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04qsdh1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Collins

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Southampton Solent University
Original Source Material: Radio Play BBC
Nationality of Author: English
Original Language: English

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