Directing the Holocaust Play

The imaginative literature of the Holocaust, especially the drama, presents special problems to its interpreters. Among the greatest of these problems is the need to respect the Holocaust experience and the memory of the millions slain while, at the same time, allowing viewers to assimilate the awful and awesome implications of that experience. This is a responsibility not easily assumed because the volatility of the subject and the frustrating inconclusiveness of the lessons of the Holocaust preclude simple understanding or emotional comfort

Aesthetics · Art · Political science · The Holocaust · Visual arts · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Theatre and Performance Studies