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Anne Frank on the postwar Dutch stage : performance, memory, affect

Title

Anne Frank on the postwar Dutch stage : performance, memory, affect / Remco Ensel.

Author

Ensel, Remco

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
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Description

121 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 23 cm.

Summary

"This book is a case study into the affective history of Holocaust drama offering a new perspective on the impact of The Diary of Anne Frank, the pivotal 1950s play that was a turning point in Holocaust consciousness. Despite its overwhelming success, criticism of the Broadway makeover has been harsh, suggesting that the alleged Americanization would not do justice to the violence of the Holocaust or Anne Frank's budding Jewishness. This study revisits these issues by focusing on the play's European appropriation delving into the emotional intensity with which the piece was produced and received. The core of the exploration is a history of the Dutch staging in ethnographic detail, based on unique archival material such as correspondence with Otto Frank, prompt books, original tapes, blueprints of the set and oral history. This book is a microhistory of the first Dutch performance of the stage adaptation of Anne Frank's diary by the American playwrights Goodrich and Hackett. The stage history is examined in the context of the postwar hesitant development of publicly voiced Holocaust consciousness. Influenced by memory studies and affect theory, the emphasis is on the emotional impact of the drama on both the members of the cast and the audience and will be of great interest to students and scholars in theatre & performance studies, memory studies, cultural history, Jewish Studies, Holocaust Studies and Contemporary European History"--

Series Statement

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies

Uniform Title

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies.

Subject

Genre/Form

Literature.
Theatrical adaptations.
Adaptations.
Informational works.

Note

"Routledge focus"

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Specters of Anne Frank -- 1. Time out of joint. Theaters of destruction -- 2. Under erasure. From diary to script -- 3. A holocaust performative. From script to play -- 4. Driven by affect. Opening night and beyond -- 5. Shibboleth. Postwar Jewishness onstage -- Conclusions: After events and affects.

Call Number

JFD 21-3641

ISBN

9781032034294
1032034297
9781032034300
1032034300

LCCN

2021029948

OCLC

1269625544

Author

Ensel, Remco, author.

Title

Anne Frank on the postwar Dutch stage : performance, memory, affect / Remco Ensel.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Other Form:

Online version: Ensel, Remco. Anne Frank on the postwar Dutch stage Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9781032034324 (DLC) 2021029949

Research Call Number

JFD 21-3641

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