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The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank
by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett

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 A B O U T

"I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!"

First performed in 1956, this play was winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama and Tony award for best play.

The play is a stage adaptation of the published version of 13 year-old Anne's diary, The Diary of a Young Girl. It opens with Otto Frank returning to the annexe to find Anne's diary, before going back in time to the family first entering the annexe and beginning their 2 years in hiding. The entire play is set within the secret annexe where the Franks, along with the Van Daans and Mr Dussel, hid from the Nazis for 2 years, relying on help from two non-Jewish friends.

In what would have been Anne's 80th year, the Woodhouse Players present a very tender account of a typical adolescent in extraordinary circumstances.

 W H E R E   &   W H E N   &   H O W   M U C H

at the Welsh Church Hall

£7 adults
£4 concessions
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Fri 10th July 2009, 8pm
Sat 11th July 2009, 3pm and 8pm
Fri 17th July 2009, 8pm
Sat 18th July 2009, 3pm and 8pm

C A S T

Mr Frank

Gary Adams

Mrs Frank

Eva Kostarelli

Anne Frank

Sarah Fox

Margot Frank

Jackie Braithwaite

Mr Van Daan

Stephen Balchin

Mrs Van Daan

Victoria Bettelheim

Peter Van Daan

Martin Sidaway

Mr Dussel

Oliver Clement

Mr Kraler

Richard Penney

Miep Gies

Laura Dodge

 P R O D U C T I O N   T E A M

Director

Anna Heinink

Assistant Director

Colin Heinink

Producer

Carolyn Davis

Lighting

Robert Bettelheim

Sound

Peter Raggett

Stage Manager

Kimber Heath-Renn

Assistant Stage Manager

Maria Espasandin

Costumes

Laura Dunkeyson

Piano Accordion

Roswitha Lamb

Front of House Manager

Vaughan Prosser

 I M A G E S      Download all images (14Mb)

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Main images by and © Stephen Cahill-Hayes
Other images by and © Peter Raggett / Robert Bettelheim

 P O S T E R

Click to enlarge
design: Nicola Holland

 A R T I C L E

Read director Anna Heinink's article on the production as well as her visit to the annexe in Amsterdam in the June 2009 issue of the Bush Telegraph

 R E V I E W

The Remotegoat review of the production can be viewed by clicking here

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