{"id":10185,"date":"2013-12-17T17:01:49","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T17:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=10185"},"modified":"2015-03-14T20:33:12","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T20:33:12","slug":"drama-on-the-northside-playing-for-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=10185","title":{"rendered":"Drama on the Northside – Playing for Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tue 17th Dec 4.30pm \u2013 \u2018Playing for Time\u2019 by Henry Hudson
\nSet in a concentration camp in Eastern Europe in early 1945. Levi Esser is a middle-aged Jewish violinist. He plays in the camp orchestra and so avoids the gas chambers. Generations of Esser\u2019s used the violin that Esser plays. He planned to hand it on to his only son, Rene but Rene was killed in the war. Esser wants a young inmate, Shimon, to take his place in the orchestra so the instrument will continue to be played thereby preserving the memory and traditions of the Jews and of the Esser\u2019s in particular.<\/p>\n

Levi Esser – Michael Sharp
\nShimon Horowitz – Joe Murphy
\nSolomon Wolfe – John O’Connor
\nGerman camp guard – David Whelan
\nSS Officer – Shay Russell<\/p>\n

Directed by Declan Cahill
\nProduction Assistant was Deborah Gaffney
\nSound production by Gavin Byrne<\/p>\n