Synopsis
Grasshopper Hill is the last play Betty wrote for the radio. It concerns the tumultuous affair between Susan, a 38-year-old librarian, and Gustav Gottke, a Jewish survivor of the holocaust. Gustav's personality has been shaped by his experiences within Nazi-occupied Auschwitz. His disdain for Canadians and their distorted perception of German concentration camps is palpable throughout the play, which runs alongside Lambert's oft-occurring themes of survival, power and sex.
Winner of the 1980 ACTRA Nellie award for best radio drama. |
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Broadcast
CBC "Festival Theatre", March 1979, directed by Robert Chesterman, with Kate Reid and Henry Ramer.
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Bibiliography
Page, Malcolm (ed.), "Three Radio Plays by Betty Lambert", West Coast Review, Vol. 19/3 (January 1985), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia.
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