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DAVID (1) JOHNSTON |
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Nationality: British Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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David Johnston is a multi award winning translator. He teaches Spanish at Queen's University, Belfast.
Plays by David (1) Johnston
Ballad of Wolves | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #18182 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Ramon Del Valle-Inclan | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Barbarous Comedies, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76331 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Ramon Del Valle-Inclan | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bitter Flower | ||
| 1st Produced: | Strathclyde Theatre Group | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76337 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Blood Wedding | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #49198 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Boat To Heaven | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1994 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "The Boat Plays" published by Absolute Classics, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #18274 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Gil Vincente | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Boat To Hell | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1994 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "The Boat Plays" published by Absolute Classics, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #18275 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Gil Vincente | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Boat To Purgatory | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1994 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "The Boat Plays" published by Absolute Classics, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #18276 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Gil Vincente | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bohemian Lights | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #18277 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Ramon Del Valle-Inclan | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Chunga, La | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
Company: | Lyric Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #18278 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Mario Vargas Llosa | |||||
Synopsis: | A loud-mouthed stud, and his beautiful, trusting girlfriend enter a sleazy bar on their way to the local cinema. The inscrutable Chunga serves their drinks, takes their money, says little but watches everything. Josefino is quickly caught up in a card game that spins out of control, and after a night of drunken brawling, during which he ransoms his girl to the proprietress for gambling money, she is never seen again. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dark Root | ||
| 1st Produced: | Strathclyde Theatre Group | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76336 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Divine Words | ||
| 1st Produced: | BBC 3 | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76330 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Mario Vargas Llosa | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dog In The Manger, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Oberon Books >>>, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #43601 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Lope de Vega. colloquial verse translation | |||||
Synopsis: | Boss loves secretary. It's an old story. But what gives the tale a special kick in this 1613 Lope de Vega comedy is that the boss in question is a Naples based countess who falls for her righthand man | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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El Quijote | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76332 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Gentleman From Olmedo, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newbury, Watermill | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #43602 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Lope de Vega | |||||
Synopsis: | How to engage with an enemy who uses different rules? It's a question facing governments round the world. This play dating from 1620 derives its central tragedy from precisely such a situation | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Great Pretenders, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #49200 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Lope de Vega | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hambone's Day | ||
| 1st Produced: | BBC | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76333 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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House Of Bernarda Alba, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #92647 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca | |||||
Synopsis: | no qustion that the house of Bernarda Alba is a high-security prison in this version. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hypochondriac, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Coventry, Belgrade | 2005 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #46270 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Moliere | |||||
Synopsis: | knockabouts | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Madman Of The Balconies, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76329 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Mario Vargas Llosa | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Madness in Valencia | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gate/RSC | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #49201 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Lope de Vega | |||||
Synopsis: | Madness in Valencia is a riotous and hilarious translation in which no one is quite who they appear to be | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Miser, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 02 Feb 2010 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #112178 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Moliere | |||||
Synopsis: | The hero, re-christened Harpington and living in 17th century Warwickshire, is an exiled Scot, which is a cue for endless jokes about his prudence. The skinflint protagonist competes with his son for the same girl and seeks to marry his daughter to a wealthy older man. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Nocturnal | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #95328 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Juan Mayorga | |||||
Synopsis: | Two men live in the same apartment block. One likes long walks, Greek myths and foreign languages. The other likes making lists, fixing bikes and blackmail. One day they bump into each other in a local. Only this is no coincidence; one of them has been planning this moment for a very, very, very long time. Nocturnal explores the complex nature of friendship, stripping away to reveal the layers of polite behaviour to reveal the power struggles beneath human relationships. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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On Insomnia And Midnight | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | Royal Court Theatre and Festival Internacioal Cervantino | |||||
| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London >>>, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #56287 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Edgar Chias | |||||
Synopsis: | In a big city hotel room, a man and the maid are talking. But the more they talk, the more danger they face, and neither knows where it will lead. On Insomnia and Midnight is a tale to frighten chambermaids in the night | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Painter of Dishonour, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #49202 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Pedro Calderon De La Barca | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Poet In The City | ||
| 1st Produced: | Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76338 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Priest, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | BBC | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76335 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Quijote Cervantes, El | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #18279 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shadow Of The Wedding,The | ||
| 1st Produced: | BBC | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76334 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shot, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Aris and Phillips, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #77370 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Antonio Buero Vallejo | |||||
Synopsis: | The last few days in the life of and the suicide of satirist Mariano Jose de Larra | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Silverface | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #18183 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Ramon Del Valle-Inclan | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Way To Heaven | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #53583 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | boys | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Juan Mayorga. Way to Heaven has previously been produced at the Teatro Mara Guerrero, Madrid by the Centro Dramatico Nacional. | |||||
Synopsis: | Way to Heaven (Himmelweg) is based on the notorious true story of the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where the Nazis constructed a fake village to fool international inspectors and quell extermination rumors. Juan Mayorga's play begins years after the fact with an account by the Red Cross employee who was there, then leaps backward in time to show the creation and rehearsal of another very unusual play, one in which the Jewish prisoners are assigned roles (Mayor, Boy 1, etc.) and given lines to say to the inspectors. The façade, written by one of the most ironic figures ever to appear on a stage-a witty, cultured, humanistic Nazi Commandant-and the Jewish prisoner selected to play the Mayor, this 'play' will ultimately serve its purpose and the inspector will return with a positive review | |||||
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