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Platform Free
Author(s): John F. King
Platform Free is mainly set in Prague and London shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. Teddy has escaped Nazi forces by Kindertransport to London believing his sweetheart Monika will be able to join him. Her train is prevented from leaving Prague by the outbreak of the war. Monika and her family are deported on trains east to the concentration camps of the Holocaust.
Format: One-act drama
Cast Size:4
Character breakdown:
2 lead characters, Monika and Teddy, simple staging.
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Script Factor, York, UK 2009.
Script Factor, York, UK 2009.
Nationality of Author: English
Original Language: English
Publisher:
York Europe Publishing, 2009.
Production Rights Holder:
John F. King
Experience(s) Chronicled: Germany, Hitler and the Growth of Nazism | Rescue | European Jewry Before the Holocaust
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