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The Happiest Man On Earth review: ‘epic yet intimate’

JL;DR SUMMARY "The Happiest Man On Earth" is a captivating one-man show at Southwark Playhouse, adapted from Eddie Jaku's memoir by Mark St. Germain and performed by Kenneth Tigar. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustMemoirHumanityGenocideAdaptationSurvivalTheatreSouthwark PlayhouseEddie JakuKenneth Tigar

Places mentioned

London, United Kingdom
"This year two elderly men have each held London theatre audiences transfixed as they relate their experience of the Holocaust."
Auschwitz, Lesser Poland, Poland
"One such is when the teenage Jaku escaped Auschwitz only to return when he found that Polish antisemitism was as murderous as his captors."
Southwark, United Kingdom
"Southwark Playhouse"

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