Monday, March 21, 2011

Anne Frank - Stage Adaptation

Anne Frank's Stage Adaptation took place in Amsterdam, Holland. It begins in 1945, at the end of the holocaust. Mr. Frank finds his daughter’s diary. The diary written by Anne Frank reveals that her family along with the Vann Daans has gone into hiding with the help of a family friend called Miep and her boyfriend Mr. Kraler. They hid in the attic of an abandoned warehouse.  They are told to keep quiet so there would be no suspicions, and they were to avoid using the bathroom.     After a few months passed Mr. Kraler ask if Dussel, a dentist, can hide with the Franks and Vann Daans. Mr. Vann Daan and the others were irritated by this idea because of food shortage, but at the end he ends up staying and becomes Anne’s Roommate. Margot, her older sister, was her old roommate but her mom thought it was more appropriate if Anne was Dussel’s roommate because of her age. Letters were used to trick the Germans into believing they lived elsewhere. As months passed Anne and Dussel don’t get along, because Dussel thinks Anne is immature for her age, and Anne and Peter, Mr. and Ms. Van Daan’s son, learn through the books that Miep Brings them every once  and then. During Hanukah despite the uncertainty Anne and her dad give gifts to everyone. While they were celebrating Peter fell of a chair making a loud noise, which seemed to set things in motion downstairs. Everyone thought the green police discovered them, but it happened to be a thief who stole the cash box and a radio.
After 2 years have passed (1994) everyone is becoming thinner, Mouchi, Peter’s cat has gone missing, and Mr. Kraler is being Blackmail by a store clerk. The store clerk is suspicious someone’s hiding in the attic making everyone worried. As Anne and Peter grow closer they develop feelings for each other and have dates. Mrs. Frank and Vann Daan don’t like Anne and Peter’s bedroom meetings, because they close the door for hours. Although, they just talking to get to know each other better as friends. Later, Ms. Frank finds out Mr. Vann Daan is stealing food instead of the rats, and everyone is starving because of it. Mrs. Frank is furious at him and wants him to leave along with his wife. In that same moment Miep comes and informs them about the invasion by allied forces on the beaches of Norway. They all get happy and forgive each other for their wrong doings. However, a few months later The Gestapo have found the radio and traced it back to them. Soon later the Nazi found them in the house and took them concentration camps. The play finishes back in 1945. Mr. Frank, Miep, and Mr. Kraler are the only survivors. If the franks could’ve hid in the attic for a little bit longer the U.S. Troops would’ve gotten to them before the Gestapo.

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