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Einstein's Gift by Vern Thiessen

ISBN
978-0-88754-678-5

$16.95

Books by Vern Thiessen:

Blowfish

The Courier and Other Plays

Einstein's Gift

Shakespeare's Will

Vern Thiessen: Two Plays

Vimy

Einstein's Gift

by Vern Thiessen

Based on the life and work of Nobel Laureate Dr. Fritz Haber who risked
everything for a country that never accepted him, but used his work to
murder millions.

"...one of the most powerful plays in recent memory...a spell-binding
drama with global impact." —The Kitchener Record

"...an ambitious new Canadian play... an illuminating history lesson with the
appeal of an old fashioned Hollywood biopic..." —The Globe & Mail

"...a brave new play... grandly ironic, eloquent..." —Edmonton Journal

Winner of the 2003 Governor General's Literary Award in the category of Drama

Nominated for five Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards, including Outstanding New Play (2003).

Winner of the 1999 Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition.

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