PUBLIC THEATER

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COMPULSION

Mandy Patinkin's descent into paranoia and fanaticism is as chilling as it is thrilling. Oskar Eustis' staging is sleek and multifaceted. A riveting drama.

San Francisco Chronicle

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It is 1951 and Sid Silver is on a mission to be the guardian of one of the most moving and provocative accounts of the 20th century.

Deeply moved by Anne Frank's diary, he is driven to bring her story to the American masses by promoting the book's publication and adapting the diary into a work of theater.

Inspired by the story of Meyer Levin, COMPULSION brings playwright Rinne Groff and The Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis (The Ruby Sunrise) together again with a complex and inventive telling that is part historical fiction, part investigation into what makes a man obsess, and part exploration of an untold dimension of Anne Frank's powerful and enduring legacy.

Dates
Performances from 1st February 2011
Opening 17th February 2011
Closing 13th March 2011

Audience: Compulsion is suitable for audiences aged 14 and upwards

Run time: tba

Show Schedule

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Matinee	-	-	-	-	-	2 pm	2 pm
Evening	-	8 pm	8 pm	8 pm	8 pm	8 pm	7 pm

Dates

Opening night: 1 February 2011
Closing night: 13 March 2011

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