OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Joseph Long 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Armand Gatti

• Author Notes

  A translation of the play 'La Deuxième Existence du Camp de Tatenberg' by Armand Gatti.

• Setting

  The first part of the play is set in the fairground at Grein and the second is set in the Prater at Vienna, City of Illusion.

• Synopsis

  At the fairground at Grein, on the Danube, Ilya and Hildegard meet in the aftermath of World War II. For Ilya, the past is real, in that he lived through the experience of Tatenberg Camp. For Hildegard, the past is imaginary in that she was not present when her husband was court-martialled and shot on the Kalmuck Steppes, south of Stalingrad. The characters that haunt Hildegard's memory are reconstituted through the puppets she handles every day.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  14

• Female

  5

• Total

  19

• Cast Notes

  Cast doubling is possible. See original production for details.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  03 April 1979

• Producer

  Produced by Lyric Theatre

• Original Venue

  Lyric Theatre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme, with additional information supplied by the translator.