The Man in the Attic - Jewish Arts Theatre Party

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Our celebration includes a pre-show drink and a 90-minute performance (no intermission), followed by a foyer reception where you can meet the director and cast, and discuss the play with them over drinks and kosher refreshments.

Timothy Daly generously shared his process of how he came to write The Man in the Attic. His essay "Searching for the Man in the Attic" provides fascinating insight into the playwright's process.

Every ten years or so, a writer gets lucky. He comes across a story that makes him glad he’s a writer. In my case, the play about to be performed this coming July in Sydney is truly one of those once-in-a-decade lucky breaks.

I first came across the story of The Man in the Attic over a decade ago, in a book of German radio plays, which made the briefest of references to a newspaper clipping of the trial of a couple who were accused of keeping a Jewish man ignorant of the fact that World War II had ended.

My immediate response was astonishment that such an amazing incident could have happened at all. My other response was amazement that the incident had never been theatrically dramatised.  Read more...

July 15th, 2018 6:00 PM   through   8:00 PM
Eternity Playhouse
Darlinghurst,
Australia

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