Badenheim 1939

Archive Listings for Badenheim 1939

T01532376383 (GSMD10) Producer Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Director Christian Burgess. Music Julian Philips. Design Agnes Treplin. Lighting Johanna Town.
26 Nov 10 to 1 Dec 10	Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L01307827429

Details

Play :: Based on Aharon Appelfeld’s novel of the same name, Badenheim 1939 is an allegorical satire that tells the story of a Jewish resort in Austria that hosts a yearly arts festival. Slowly the 'Sanitations Department' begins to shut the town and prepare the residents for a move to Eastern Europe. It is 1939 and amid swirls of unidentified rumours the community struggle to understand what is happening to them.

Author

Arnold Wesker