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The Milliner

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4w, 3m

Suzanne Glass

"A nuanced perspective on a moment in history that is often reduced to simple good versus evil." - The New York Times

The Milliner

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
This is a touching, fragile portrait of a group rarely seen in traditional Holocaust literature—those who are unwilling to give up Germany as their home, despite the Nazi threats. Wolfgang, a hat maker, is forced by others to flee Germany for England, leaving his mother behind, who refuses to go. Filled with love for his homeland, he is unable to accept that she has probably been interned in a death camp, and he staunchly refuses to give up his German identity in front of his new British neighbors. Wolfgang's struggle of adamant denial sheds light on the agony of losing the only home ones knows and loves.
History

Presented by The Directors Company at the East 13th Street Theater. Directed by Mark Clements.

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Performing Groups
WOLFGANG GEOR - Mid-late 40’s; Jewish; handsome, sexy, charismatic; a complex, multi-layered character.
AMALIA GEORG - 30’s; Wolfgang’s wife; dark-haired, attractive, sensitive, worldly and pragmatic.
CLAUDIA - 30’s. Owns and runs a fashionable milliner’s boutique in Berlin; a sometimes cabaret singer. Blonde, sexy and Aryan in appearance; a strong Dietrich style voice. Confident, flirtatious and with a surface affability that conceals a far darker side to her nature.
WOLFGANG’S MOTHER - Late 40’s/early 50’s; a refined Berliner; strong willed and sensitive.
FRAU HENDEL - Early 50’s; an attractive gentile Berliner.
GERHARDT MÜLLER - 30’s; blonde and Aryan looking; charming in a very Germanic way.
MAX - 40’s/50’s; concierge; warm natured and friendly.
HEINZ - 40’s; Claudia’s friend; jovial and affable.
PAUL - 40’s; Claudia’s Friend; reserved.
  • Time Period 1940s / WWII, 1930s
  • Setting Berlin and London. 1930s-1940s.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Intense Adult Themes

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"This debut play by novelist and journalist Suzanne Glass is physically gorgeous, splendidly performed and absorbing." - CurtainUp, Read More

"A nuanced perspective on a moment in history that is often reduced to simple good versus evil." - The New York Times, Read More

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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Suzanne Glass

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