Leopoldstadt
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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Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Category | Full Length Play |
Theme | Holocaust |
Type | Script |
Author | Tom Stoppard |
Music By | n/a |
Adapted By | n/a |
Based On | n/a |
Period Set In | WWII |
Male | 15 |
Female | 14 |
Cast | 30 |
Type | Script |
Performed By | Teens and Adults |
Nationality | British |
Royalty Play | Samuel French Ltd. |
Sale Price | $35.00 (excl. GST and postage) |
Our reference | 79337 |