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Smoke
Author(s): Mark Stein
A play about the life of Nelly Sachs, a Jewish German poet and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966 for her writing on the tragedy of the Jewish people. Beginning with Sach’s acceptance of the award, the play goes back in time to her escape from Germany in 1940.
Format: Drama
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Produced by New Playwrights Theatre, Washington D.C.
Produced by New Playwrights Theatre, Washington D.C.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
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