Staged reading of play by NPR’s Jack Beatty has a contemporary resonance. It lights up deeper issues – the conflict between democracy & autocracy, the drive for territorial conquest through war – that resonates today.
At the brink of war, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain flew to Germany to save the peace. His three meetings with Adolf Hitler in September 1938 culminated with the Munich Agreement which allowed Germany to extend its territory into parts of Czechoslovakia. Chamberlain proclaimed “peace for our time.” But peace lasted only a year, ending in September 1939 with Hitler’s attack on Poland.
Tickets are free but in support of the people of the UKRAINE- knowing that in times of war and oppression art can serve to inspire, the sponsors are encouraging donations to help the people of UKRAINE details are available at www.punctuate4.org. Seating is limited and reservations are required and available at https://tinyurl.com/FHFBattleNotBegun.
Tickets for the March 10, 6 p.m. performance at The Modern Theatre, 525 Washington St., MA are free but seating is limited and reservations are required and available at https://tinyurl.com/FHFBattleNotBegun.
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Following the reading the panel discussion will focus on the erosion of democracy with Playwright Jack Beatty and Prof. Chris Mauriello who is a history professor and director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University.
2022/03/10 - 2022/03/10
The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University
525 Washington Street, Boston, MA