Kindertransport by Diane Samuels
A modern classic about one woman's struggle to come to terms with her past - brutally separated from her German Jewish parents at the age of 9 and brought to England with the promise of a new life...'Desperately harrowing.. searing theatre that cuts across a continuum of suffering to the very heart of what unifies us as human'
* The Times *'A powerful contribution to Holocaust literature... presented with emotional clarity and intense sympathy'
* New Yorker *'Samuels has written the best play about the pain and passion of mother/daughter relationships'
* Guardian *
Diane Samuels is a playwright whose work has been widely produced. Her play Kindertransport won the Verity Bargate and Meyer-Whitworth Awards, and was first produced by the Soho Theatre Company in 1993. Subsequently it has been translated into many languages, performed in the West End, Off-Broadway and all over the world, and revived numerous times. Other plays include: The True-Life Fiction of Mata Hari (Watford Palace Theatre, 2002); Cinderella’s Daughter (Trestle Theatre tour, 2005); 3 Sisters on Hope Street with Tracy-Ann Oberman (co-produced by Liverpool Everyman/Playhouse and Hampstead Theatres, 2008) and Poppy + George (Watford Palace Theatre, 2016). Her plays for younger audiences include One Hundred Million Footsteps for Quicksilver Theatre Company and Chalk Circle, Frankie’s Monster and How to Beat a Giant at the Unicorn Theatre. Her musical, The A-Z of Mrs P, with music and lyrics by Gwyneth Herbert, had its world premiere at Southwark Playhouse in 2014. For BBC radio, plays include Swine, Doctor Y, Watch Out for Mister Stork, Hen Party, Tiger Wings and Psyche. She also works as a teacher/facilitator of creative writing to all ages.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781854595270 |
| ISBN 10 | 185459527X |
| Title | Kindertransport |
| Author | Diane Samuels |
| Series | Nhb Modern Plays |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Nick Hern Books |
| Year published | 2008-05-08 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Prizes | Winner of Winner of the Meyer-Whitworth Award 1993, Winner of Winner of the Verity Bargate Award 1992 |
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