• ISBN13: 9780521494250
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Music, Theatre & Films
• Publisher: Cambridge UP
• Publisher Imprint: Cambridge
• Publication Date: August 16, 2009
• Pages: 454
• Original Price: 69.99 GBP
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 862 grams

About the Book The Holocaust the systematic attempted destruction of European Jewry and other threats to the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945 has been portrayed in fiction, film, memoirs, and poetry. Gene Plunka's study will add to this chronicle with an examination of the theater of the Holocaust. Including thorough critical analysis of more than thirty plays, this book explores the seminal twentieth-century Holocaust dramas from the United States, Europe, and Israel. Biographical information about the playwrights, production histories of the plays, and pertinent historical information are provided, placing the plays in their historical and cultural contexts"