Arcola, LondonGerman playwright Dea Loher's 1992 drama about Olga Benario, the German Jewish communist who was active in Germany and Brazil in the 1930s, is hard on both performers and audience. This gruelling couple of hours takes us inside the head of Benario as she pits herself against torturer, Filinto Muller, who has the power to decide her fate in a Brazilian jail, before we glimpse her in Ravensbrück concentr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AM on January 15, 2013