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Article: Anne Frank Fund tries to stop musical based on her life
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 3, 2008
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Legal action is now possible against Spanish producers of show,
less than a month ahead of its premiere
The legal guardians of Anne Frank's memory have stepped in at the
11th hour to try to stop a controversial Spanish musical about the
life of one of the Holocaust's best-known victims going ahead.
Rafael Alvero, producer of The Diary of Anne Frank: A Song to
Life, which is in rehearsal for its opening in Madrid, claims he
spent 10 years obtaining approval for the first song and dance
version of the teenage diarist's story. But the Swiss-based Anne
Frank Fund, headed by the only living member of the family, Bernard
"Buddy" Elias, is demanding a halt to the show.
Christopher Knoch, a member ...