Watch on the Rhine, Lillian Hellman
Watch on the Rhine, Lillian Hellman
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Watch on the Rhine

Author: Lillian Hellman

Narrator: Edita Brychta, Jonathan Cake, Adam Wylie, Heidi Dippold, Lovensky Jean-Baptiste, Matthew Wolf, Patrick Wenk-Wolff, Susan Sullivan, Susannah Fielding, Taj Jegaraj

Unabridged: 1 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/15/2018


Synopsis

As fascism is on the rise in Europe, Sara and her German husband Kurt return to her mother's Washington, D.C., mansion after years away. It's a joyous homecoming until an unexpected threat forces Kurt to make a fateful decision. Recorded before an audience at UCLA's James Bridges Theater in October 2017. Director: Rosalind Ayres Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring: Edita Brychta as Anise Jonathan Cake as Kurt Muller Heidi Dippold as Sara Muller Anna Lyse Erikson as Babette Muller Susannah Fielding as Marthe de Brancovis Lovensky Jean-Baptiste as Joseph Taj Jegaraj as Joshua Muller Susan Sullivan as Fanny Farrelly Patrick Wenk-Wolff as Teck de Brancovis Matthew Wolf as David Farrelly Adam Wylie as Bodo Muller Associate Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood Music Supervisor: Ronn Lipkin Production Manager: Katie Friesen Sound Effects Artist: Shereen Khan Editor: Mitchell Lindskoog"

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joyce on December 15, 2018

Written in 1941 and set in spring, 1940, in suburban Washington, DC, this play still resonates today. Of course it reflects Hellman's strong anti-Nazi stance, but while her views don't hit one over the head, they underline the cautionary tone. Wealthy Fanny Farrelly is awaiting the arrival of her da......more

Goodreads review by Megan on June 04, 2017

I had a hard time rating this, because it's great in the same way as things like Shindler's List and I never want to read it again.......more

Goodreads review by Kristi on February 05, 2020

The play Watch on the Rhine opened on Broadway on April 1, 1941 before the United States entered WWII. It was a very timely warning about what life in Nazi Germany had become. Recommend. Kristi & Abby Tabby......more

Goodreads review by Bill on June 15, 2020

beautifully produced. intense. it packs a punch.......more

Goodreads review by Realini on June 22, 2018

Watch on the Rhine, screenplay by Dashiell Hammett, based on the play by Lillian Hellman Considering the villain in this motion picture is a Romanian count- however, it is not the infamous Dracula – this cinephile must have been biased, seeing a compatriot involved in such nefarious acts. Watch on the......more