Synopsis
I Am My Own Wife - Studies for a Play about the Life of Charlotte Von Mahlsdorf
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Published by Dramatists Play Service
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Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
From the Obie Award-winning author of Quills comes this acclaimed one-man show
It explores the astonishing true story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf - a transvestite and celebrated antiques dealer who successfully navigated the two most oppressive regimes of the past century - the Nazis and the Communists
While openly gay and defiantly in drag, von Mahlsdorf was both hailed as a cultural hero and accused of colluding with the Stasi
REVIEWS
In an attempt to discern the truth about Charlotte, Doug Wright has written ...
" ... at once a vivid portrait of Germany in the second half of the twentieth century, a morally complex tale about what it can take to be a survivor, and an intriguing meditation on everything from the obsession with collecting to the passage of time" ~ Hedy Weiss - Chicago Sun-Times