Nemesis

Nemesis, a thriller written by Mario Schiess, is the dramatisation of a fictitious fateful meeting between Dr Joseph Mengele, camp doctor of Auschwitz, and a young Jew who has come to assassinate him.

The original text

Playscript held by NELM: [Collection: SIMON, Barney]: 2003. 90. 473.

Performance history in South Africa

1988: Staged in the Kleinteater in Pretoria, directed by Mario Schiess, with Patrick Mynhardt (Menegele), Bruce Alexander (Meyers) and Margaret Koch.

Directed by Schiess for CAPAB, opening 8 March 1989 at the Nico Arena, with Patrick Mynhardt (Menegele) and Bruce Alexander (Meyers).

Sources

Nemesis theatre programme, 1989.

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