Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard.
Tom Stoppard follows an extended Jewish family in Vienna from the confidence of 1899 through the catastrophes of the twentieth century. A domestic gathering opens onto a history that transforms the meaning of belonging.
Read it for the obligations of memory across generations. The play asks what those who survive or live elsewhere can understand about a family history interrupted by persecution and loss.
Faber Plays paperback, ISBN 9780571359059. Cover image supplied by Allen & Unwin.
