Albert Speer (play)
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Albert Speer was a 2000 play by the British playwright David Edgar
on the life of the Nazi-era architect Albert Speer
, based on based on the book Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth by Gitta Sereny
. It premiered that year at the Lyttelton auditorium of the Royal National Theatre
, with the title role played by Alex Jennings
.
David Edgar (playwright)
David Edgar is a British playwright and author who has had more than sixty of his plays published and performed on stage, radio and television around the world, making him one of the most prolific dramatists of the post-1960s generation in Great Britain.He was resident playwright at the Birmingham...
on the life of the Nazi-era architect Albert Speer
Albert Speer
Albert Speer, born Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer, was a German architect who was, for a part of World War II, Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich. Speer was Adolf Hitler's chief architect before assuming ministerial office...
, based on based on the book Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth by Gitta Sereny
Gitta Sereny
Gitta Sereny is an Austrian-born biographer, historian and investigative journalist whose writing focuses mainly on the Holocaust and child abuse. She is the stepdaughter of the economist Ludwig von Mises....
. It premiered that year at the Lyttelton auditorium of the Royal National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
, with the title role played by Alex Jennings
Alex Jennings
Alex Jennings is an English actor whose roles have included Charles, Prince of Wales in The Queen .-Early years:...
.