Synopsis
A Picasso
$13
Published by Dramatists Play Service
1 Male 1 Female
Paris, 1941 - Pablo Picasso has been summoned from his favorite café by German occupation forces to a storage vault across the city for an interrogation
His questioner is Miss Fischer, a beautiful "cultural attaché" from Berlin and her assignment is to discover which of the three Picasso paintings recently "confiscated" by the Nazis from their Jewish owners are real
The Ministry of Propaganda has planned an exhibit, and only the great artist himself can attest to their authenticity. At first Picasso agrees to her request, confirming that the three pictures are indeed his own
But when Miss Fischer reveals that the "exhibition" is actually a burning of "degenerate art," Picasso becomes desperate to save his work and engages in a pressurized negotiation
Wily Miss Fischer is equally determined to hold on to two of his precious "children" while consigning the third to the flames
REVIEWS
"A cat-and-mouse drama about art, politics, sex and truth, with a twist at its climax. Artful, remarkable and genuinely dramatic, with impressive sensitivity and wit" ~ NY Daily News