The Crystal Den
by Marion Baraitser

The Crystal Den Book Cover
The Crystal Den Cover

Synopsis

The life-crisis of Karl Marx's third daughter, Eleanor, reveals the dark secrets of her family.

She has friends to help her: Olive Schreiner, the maverick South African-born feminist; and Israel Zangwill, 'the Jewish Dickens', famous for daring to write about London's ghetto life, who collaborates with Eleanor to write a play for their friends.

The revelation of the shocking family past, and of her own partner's betrayal, tests to the limit Eleanor's new-found sense of identity as a spiritual Jew.

Themes

Performance

Cast

A medium cast size of 9 total roles, 5 female and 4 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Oberon
Year Published
2002
ISBN 10
1840022159
ISBN 13
9781840022155
Print Length
82 pages
Place Published
LONDON
Language
English
Print
The Crystal Den is a British play written by and published by Oberon in LONDON, 2002. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9781840022155 and an ISBN-10 of 1840022159.

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