Muse of Fire

Author(s): Jake Rosenberg
<em>Muse of Fire</em>, which takes place in Auschwitz, 1942, is a fictional account of Jewish prisoners who take it upon themselves at grave personal risk to perform comedy. This is their story, as one group struggles to perform a farce based on the first great anti-Semitic tragedy of the twentieth century: the infamous Dreyfus Affair. As the play goes on, and dark secrets begin to emerge about the reason for its performance, those performing must ask themselves, can comedy truly have meaning in the face of horror? Who really has the last laugh?
Format:Full-length drama/comedy

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Nationality of Author:U.S.
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