The Most Precious of Goods stage adaptation to open in London
A stage adaptation of The Most Precious of Goods is to open in London.
Jean-Claude Grumberg’s best-selling French language novella, now translated into 20 languages, opens at the Marylebone Theatre on 22 January 2024 to coincide with National Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January.
The stage version is directed and translated by Nicolas Kent.
Olivier Award-winner Samantha Spiro stars with a live score performed by acclaimed cellist Gemma Rosefield. Design comes from Carly Brownbridge with projected photography by Judy Goldhill, lighting by Matt Eagland. and casting by Amy Ball.
Winter 1943, a forest in war-torn Eastern Europe: a poor woodcutter’s wife finds a little bundle thrown into the snow from a moving goods’ train. It contains something for which she has always yearned, but…
Told with a fairy tale-like lyricism, this gripping story of love and hope, set against the terrible backdrop of the Holocaust, reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places.
This production is generously supported by The Kobler Trust & The John S Cohen Foundation and was previously previewed at Jewish Book Week in 2023.
For more information and tickets, visit www.marylebonetheatre.com
