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Anne Frank story musical to open | Anne Frank story musical to open |
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The Diary of Anne Frank is to be made into a Spanish musical. | The Diary of Anne Frank is to be made into a Spanish musical. |
The show, to be performed by a 22-strong cast including a 13-year-old girl in the lead role, will open at Madrid's Calderon Theatre in February. | The show, to be performed by a 22-strong cast including a 13-year-old girl in the lead role, will open at Madrid's Calderon Theatre in February. |
The show's director, Rafael Alvero, said the "emotional" staging was comparable to a tragic opera. | The show's director, Rafael Alvero, said the "emotional" staging was comparable to a tragic opera. |
Anne Frank wrote her diary - since read by millions of people - while she and her family hid from the Nazis in an attic in Amsterdam during World War II. | Anne Frank wrote her diary - since read by millions of people - while she and her family hid from the Nazis in an attic in Amsterdam during World War II. |
When I first came here, they had this doubt about how somebody can do a musical of a story like this Director Rafael Alvero | When I first came here, they had this doubt about how somebody can do a musical of a story like this Director Rafael Alvero |
Ultimately, the family was betrayed and arrested in 1944. | Ultimately, the family was betrayed and arrested in 1944. |
Anne Frank, whose diary was preserved and later published, died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. | Anne Frank, whose diary was preserved and later published, died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. |
Mr Alvero said initial plans for the musical met with a mixed reaction. | Mr Alvero said initial plans for the musical met with a mixed reaction. |
"When I first came here, they had this doubt about how somebody can do a musical of a story like this," he said. | "When I first came here, they had this doubt about how somebody can do a musical of a story like this," he said. |
"Of course this is emotional. The thing we want to do is through the music, to understand the story better." | "Of course this is emotional. The thing we want to do is through the music, to understand the story better." |
'Important detail' | 'Important detail' |
Last week, staff at the Anne Frank Museum, which has endorsed the project, showed members of the cast around the tiny attic apartment in Amsterdam where the Frank family hid. | Last week, staff at the Anne Frank Museum, which has endorsed the project, showed members of the cast around the tiny attic apartment in Amsterdam where the Frank family hid. |
Thirteen-year-old Isabella Castillo, who plays Anne Frank in the musical, said it had been even smaller than she had imagined. | |
"If you're doing a musical of the family and how they lived and the house and everything, I think it's very special and a very important detail to come to this house," she added. | "If you're doing a musical of the family and how they lived and the house and everything, I think it's very special and a very important detail to come to this house," she added. |
Rocio Leon, who is playing the part of Anne's sister, Margot, said: "When I was coming in, I started to feel touched by everything I saw and I thought that wouldn't happen." | Rocio Leon, who is playing the part of Anne's sister, Margot, said: "When I was coming in, I started to feel touched by everything I saw and I thought that wouldn't happen." |
The cast members also sang numbers from the musical to museum staff. | The cast members also sang numbers from the musical to museum staff. |
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