In an airless radio studio in Los Angeles, a group of 1940s radio actors are handed a new script about a Jewish girl and her family hiding from the Nazis. With no time to rehearse before going on the air, the immediacy of their emotions comes to the fore – not even realizing that the story they’re playing is true.

The radio script is, of course, an adaptation of Anne Frank’s famous diary, with the framing device of the radio studio allowing audience members to compare the terrors of Anne Frank’s story against the relative comforts of the war at home in America. This unique approach to Anne Frank’s diary is a chilling and effective reminder of the darkness that exists even in ‘civilized’ societies, and the burning light of hope that refuses to go dim.

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