Synopsis
Our Class
Tadeusz Slobodzianek adapt/trans Ryan Craig
Published by Oberon
They are learning the ABC and this is Poland, 1925
As the children grow up, their country is torn apart by invading armies, first Soviet and then Nazi
Internal grievances deepen as fervent nationalism develops - friends betray each other and violence escalates
Until these ordinary people carry out an extraordinary and monstrous act that darkly resonates to this day
Polish playwright Tadeusz Slobodzianek confronts his country's involvement in the atrocities of the last century and follows the one-time classmates - amidst the weddings, parades, births, deaths, emigrations and reconciliations - into the next