Leopoldstadt

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At the beginning of the 20th Century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna. But Hermann Merz, a manufacturer and baptised Jew married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. Gathered in the Merz apartment in a fashionable part of the city, Hermann's extended family are at the heart of Tom Stoppard's epic yet intimate drama.

By the time we have taken leave of them, Austria has passed through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and - for Austrian Jews - the Holocaust in which 65,000 of them were murdered. It is for the survivors to pass on a story which hasn't ended yet.

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PublisherFaber and Faber
CategoryFull Length Play
ThemeHolocaust
TypeScript
AuthorTom Stoppard
Music Byn/a
Adapted Byn/a
Based Onn/a
Period Set InWWII
Male15
Female14
Cast30
TypeScript
Performed ByTeens and Adults
NationalityBritish
Royalty PlaySamuel French Ltd.
Sale Price$35.00 (excl. GST and postage)
Our reference79337


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