Smoke of Home

VOICES OF TEREZÍN 
…the arts as spiritual resistance

“Smoke of Home” is a play completely reflecting our existence in the concentration camp … A great number of people lived only for their memories of home…that home they very much idealized; they spent hours talking about it, who they were, what it was like, what they had achieved. All those naive recollections were related to a notion of home which was unchanging. Only a few were able to look the truth in the eyes, a truth which was already apparent even in the camps: none of us would return to the same home we left. Elias and Stein (authors) were able to face that possibility.

– The late Professor J. Franek

The Academy of Performing Arts in association with the Prague Playhouse and Spitfire Company are proud to present a workshop production of “Smoke of Home” written  in Terezín by Zdenek Elias and Jiří  Stein, translated by Dorothy Elias.

The script came to light in the spring of 2006 with the help of the family and friends of the authors and has been published in the anthology Theatrical Texts from the Terezin Ghetto, 1941-45, edited by Lisa Peschel.

The play will be performed April 26, 2009 at 14:00 and 20:00 in at Divadlo Inspirace, Malostranské nám. 13, Malá Strana.

There will also be a special performance at Terezín on May 20, 2009 at 19:00 in the Attic Theatre,    Madgeburg Barracks

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FULBRIGHT COMMISSION.

Production will be performed in English by

Matthew Blood-Smyth, Miřenka Čechová,  Jim High, Adam Renč and Petr Vaněk

Directed by Dr. Gail Humphries with Miřenka Čechová

Donations only – LIMITED SEATING

For reservations contact: tickets@pragueplayhouse.com 775 36 1010

3 Comments Add your own

  • 1. Jana Mikusova  |  April 26th, 2009 at 15:51

    Good afternoon, is there any way to get d confirmation of the tickets/reservation on the email or the phone number written above?
    Thank you,
    Mikusova

  • 2. Lisa Peschel  |  May 23rd, 2009 at 16:29

    The “world premiere” of Smoke of Home was staged in Czech by Divadlo Komedie in June of 2008 as part of an evening of scenes from the book “Theatrical Texts from the Terezin Ghetto.”

  • 3. cecil rudisill  |  October 11th, 2010 at 01:12

    I am attempting to make contact with Zdenek Elias and Jiri Stein regarding the play, SMOKE FROM HOME.

    I wish to review a copy and request permission to present a production. Please advise me how I can contact the playwrights.

    Thank you.

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