The Trials of John Demjanjuk: A Holocaust Cabaret By Jonathan Garfinkel
In 1987, John Demjanjuk was accused of being the Ivan the Terrible of the Nazi extermination camp, Treblinka, brought to trial in Jerusalem and sentenced to hang. The Trials probes the nature of guilt, the need for retribution, and the lessons still to be learned today from the Holocaust. Inspired by the great political theatre of Bertolt Brecht, the play features music co-composed by Christine Brubaker and Dora Mavor Moore award-winner Allen Cole.
Cultural background of characters Total number of characters Non-Binary Gender Non-Conforming roles -
Gender unespecified roles -
Production and Publication First produced 2004, Toronto
Published by Playwrights Canada Press
The full play can be found here on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/trialsofjohndemj00jona. Published in
The full play can be found here on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/trialsofjohndemj00jona. Published in
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