The Chess Player

T0173353457
The Chess Player: 1938 - Imprisoned in solitary confinement by the Nazis, a stolen book of chess games allows The Prisoner to cling to sanity, dividing his mind into two feuding chess masters. After his escape, the play's climax follows him to a chess tournament. Daring himself to walk the edge of a volcano of madness, he challenges the greatest chess player in the world to a match.

Book by

Stefan Zweig

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Archive :: production:T0173353457, play:S480930072, venue:V702

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Production details

Mill Studio. Double Bill - presented with Amok