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Plucked from obscurity to be Hitler's architect and Minister of War, Albert Speer became the second most powerful man in Nazi Germany and the closest Hitler had to a friend. This panoramic adaptation of Gita Sereny's definitive and magisterial biography tells the epic story of a man whose devotion to Hitler blinded him to the the worst crime of the twentieth century.
Review
David Edgar's compelling new play offers a clear-sighted examination of the psychology of guilt, denial and repentance, an unsqueamish and chilling dissection of a heart of darkness
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The Mail on Sunday.
Cast : 6F, 20m - more if desired
Nick Hern Books | 978-1-85459-485-3 | Sales rights: worldwide | PB
Author
DAVID EDGAR
is one of Britain's leading playwrights. He
calls himself '
a writer of public life', and once remarked that he
wanted to be
'a secretary for the times through which I'm living'. His
many plays include
Nicholas Nickleby for the RSC (adaptation),
Destiny,
Maydays,
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde,
Pentecost,
The
Prisoner’s Dilemma,
The Shape of the Table,
Entertaining
Strangers (with Judi Dench),
Albert Speer and, most recently,
Playing
with Fire. His bestselling book
How Plays Work was published by NHB in
2009. He also writes for radio, television, and film and is a frequent
commentator on political and theatre issues, as both essayist and public
speaker. He founded the Theatre Writer's Union, as well as Britain's first
graduate playwriting course at Birmingham.
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