tale to tale

Today’s challenge was pretty simple, create a play with the title ‘Boundary Issues’.

I’ve based it on a true story, dating back to 1942, and set in Auschwitz. One of the strangest love stories out there. It’s between SS guard Franz Wunsch and Jewish POW Helena Citrónová. I’ve adapted some other characters from that period into it, and I wanted to work with keeping it as historically accurate as possible.

But then again I’ve only written this in 6 hours. I’m very happy with this play though, lots of juicy characters, lots of good scenes. Maybe the set is a little confusing, but hey, can’t have everything.

I wanted to put a lot of time into this one, because it’s a very horrific chapter of our history. And I really wanted to explore how this love came about. There’s more to fill in in the future too, this could be the foundation of a bigger play.

Here is today’s play, I hope you find it interesting:

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