Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski
A poignant play distorts WWII history to serve a false narrative.
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A poignant play distorts WWII history to serve a false narrative.
The solo work presented by Theatre for a New Audience has a new closing date for its New York premiere.
More than a story about one man trying to make a difference, the show points out how, too often, "governments have no souls."
Over the weekend the Wall Street Journal ran Charles Isherwood's review of a new one-man play depicting the career of Jan Karski. Isherwood's review ran under the headline '‘Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski’ Review: Dramatically Bearing Witness.' Karski's name should be known far and wide and it's good to be reminded of him, though I would find the moralizing that frames the play annoying. Turning the play and
Strathairn performs this solo play as Jan Karski, an underground courier during World War II.