Holocaust Drama(English, Hardcover, Plunka Gene A.)

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Holocaust Drama(English, Hardcover, Plunka Gene A.) is written by Plunka Gene A. and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521494257 (ISBN 10) and 9780521494250 (ISBN 13).

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 theatre of the Holocaust. Including thorough critical analyses 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.