The Workroom
by Jean Claud Grumberg, Daniel A. Stein, Sara O'Connor

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Synopsis

This important drama was named best play of the 1979 Paris season and has subsequently moved audiences throughout the world with its simple story about seamstresses struggling to recover from the aftermath of World War II.

The central character struggles to keep herself and her two sons alive while she waits for word about her husband who was deported to a concentration camp.

Her heroism and determination are especially poignant, for she is a portrait of the playwright’s mother.

There is an evocative balance of humor and pathos in this excellent play, as well as a number of fine monologues and six excellent female roles.

Press Reviews

"A subtly eventful study of ordinary people under stress [...] A moving epilogue to the Holocaust."

— The New York Times

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573618260
ISBN-10 0573618267

The Workroom is a play written by Jean Claud Grumberg and published by Samuel French .

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