Kindertransport (play)

Kindertransport (play)

"Kindertransport" is the name of a play by Diane Samuels, which examines the life, during World War II and afterwards, of a Kindertransport child. Though fictitious, it is based upon many real kinder stories. It was first performed by the Soho Theatre Company at the Cockpit Theatre in London on April 13, 1993, and it was also later produced by Shared Experience.The play consists of the journey of a girl in the Kindertransport named Eva, later Evelyn. The story is told through is not told chronologically, and is often interrupted with flashbacks.


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