The Diary of Anne Frank (Kesselman) - Acting Edition [Paperback]

newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 082221718X
• ISBN-13: 978-0822217183
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply must be read., February 15, 2005

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S. Hebbron "S B H." (Leicester UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Diary of Anne Frank. (Paperback)

If ever there was a text that should not only be read but read and re-read, then this insightful and intensely private collection is it. One cannot stress enough how important the work is, not only in terms of it's strong statement agaisnt racism and facism, but also in terms of it's fragile beauty.
The tragedy of the novel is in it's exposed privacy, the emerging spirit of a developing and intelligent young woman and the sense it gives us of a thousand similair stories never told and lost forever.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sad but uplifting, December 20, 1999

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"bmm315" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Diary of Anne Frank. (Paperback)

This is one of the most depressing and yet uplifting stories of all time. I just finished a production of the play and I know that there wasn't a dry eye in the audience at curtain call. Anne's statement that "in spite of everything, people really are good at heart" shows that even close to death, love and hope survive. It's a story that everyone should read; it teaches a lot about life.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic work, October 21, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Diary of Anne Frank. (Paperback)

I have read this book many times, and each time I do so, I am struck that Anne began writing this when she was only 13-years-old. It is as fresh today as it was when I read it the first time about 30 years ago.

I am always struck by those who use Anne's quote about people really being good at heart. . . According to Anne's friend, Lies Gosslar, Anne certainly didn't think people were good at heart after being imprisoned at Aushwitz and Bergen-Belsen. Trying to put a happy face on the Holocaust or give it a positive spin is really more than I can stomach.