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Who Will Carry the Word? is a French play by Charlotte Delbo, translated into English by Cynthia Haft. The original title is Qui Rapportera Ces Paroles?, and tells the story of twenty-three French women held in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. It was written in 1966 and was first performed at the Cyrano Theatre, Paris in 1974.[1] The characters are all members of the French Resistance, captured and imprisoned in February 1943. The play portrays in detail the hardships of life in a concentration camp, following the relationships between the women as they are surrounded by illness, starvation and death.
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Who Will Carry the Word? | |
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Written by | Charlotte Delbo |
Characters | Francoise, Gina, Denise, etc. |
Date premiered | 14 March 1974 |
Place premiered | Cyrano Theatre, Paris |
Original language | French |
Subject | French prisoners of war are held at Auschwitz |
Genre | Drama |
Setting | Auschwitz, 1943 |
NYT review of the 1994 production:
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