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Synopsis
Old Heart tells the story of black GI Tom Johnson who joins forces with 24-year-old Sarah van Praag and the Dutch resistance to smuggle food and supplies from the liberated south across Nazi lines to starving cities in the northern Netherlands. Their brief love affair collapses at the war’s end, and sixty years later Johnson, about to be sent off to assisted living by his family, disappears on a flight to Amsterdam. While his children desperately try to locate him, Johnson is determined to track down Sarah.
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Key Terms
Prejudice against Jewish people, explored in dramatic works to reveal social injustices and historical persecution.
A fascist regime often dramatized to examine themes of extremism, propaganda, genocide, and moral collapse.
A global conflict often explored in theatre through themes of resistance, loss, trauma, and moral complexity.