Address Unknown

Category

Local Production - English

Date

2011 / 11 / 22 - 26 |  8 pm
2011 / 11 / 27 |  3 pm

Venue

Ticket Price

HK$ 200, 180

No. of Performance

6

Presented By

Paley Productions、Hong Kong Microfest

Produced By

Paley Productions、Hong Kong Microfest

Synopsis

In 1932, wealthy San Francisco art gallery owner Martin Schulse returns to Germany with his young family, leaving behind in America his Jewish best friend from childhood and business partner, Max Eisenstein. Observing the hardship that has befallen Germany, the once liberal Martin gradually falls under the spell of Germany’s resurgent national pride under its charismatic new ‘gentle leader’.

But, as increasingly horrific stories of persecution reach the USA, Max begs his old friend for one final favour: to save his sister (and Martin’s former lover) Griselle, from the Nazis. The scene is set for a gripping stand-off between old loyalties, friendship and a seductive new ideology - leading to an unforgettable climax.

Based on a series of articles considered so powerful when they were published in 1938 that author Kathrine Kressmann Taylor’s name was ‘masculinised’ to avoid public outrage over a woman writing anything so hard-hitting. Address Unknown was one of the earliest pieces of work to raise American awareness of the evils of Hitler and the Nazi party. It was later published as a novel and in its stage adaptation has been performed to great acclaim around the world.