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Lies, Love and Hitler single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Lies, Love and Hitler
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'Dr Paul Langley, age 39, is slightly mad...And it's not that he doesn't have a good brain - like most academics he has a very good brain - it's just that he thinks he's a little out of wack...mainly because he keeps saying visions of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the dead man whose life and work he's been studying for years.

'Dietrich Bonhoeffer was repelled by the evils of fascism and fought against the Nazi regime. He was executed in 1945 when his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler was discovered. Langely is baffled how Bonhoeffer - a theologian like himself - lept from pacifism to tyrannicide in one fell swoop. Langley finds himself in trouble when he falls for one of his students Hannah Summers. Things become complicated when it is discovered Hannah has a secret which threatens to destroy them both.'

Source: Australian Stage website, http://www.australianstage.com.au/
Sighted: 22/11/2010

Production Details

  • First workshopped as a play reading in Sydney, New South Wales in early 2010. First produced at the Street Theatre, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory as part of the 'Made in Canberra' 2010 project, 18 - 27 November. Directed by P. J. Williams.

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Works about this Work

Ethical Dilemma over Moral Code Ron Cerabona , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 April 2014; (p. 6)

— Review of Lies, Love and Hitler Elizabeth Avery Scott , 2010 single work drama
The Land Between Right and Wrong Daniel Sanderson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 November 2010; (p. 9)

— Review of Lies, Love and Hitler Elizabeth Avery Scott , 2010 single work drama
Intertwined Stories Explore the Nature of Truth Jacqueline Williams , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 November 2010; (p. 9)
Religion, Sex and Politics Philip O'Brien , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 November 2010; (p. 15-16)
The Land Between Right and Wrong Daniel Sanderson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 November 2010; (p. 9)

— Review of Lies, Love and Hitler Elizabeth Avery Scott , 2010 single work drama
Ethical Dilemma over Moral Code Ron Cerabona , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 April 2014; (p. 6)

— Review of Lies, Love and Hitler Elizabeth Avery Scott , 2010 single work drama
Religion, Sex and Politics Philip O'Brien , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 November 2010; (p. 15-16)
Intertwined Stories Explore the Nature of Truth Jacqueline Williams , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 November 2010; (p. 9)
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