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Play Review Of The Abyss By Maria Milisavljevic

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The abyss

Director- Richard Rose

Writer – Maria Milisavljevic

Maria Milisavljevic is one of the famous writers in the Germany. The play became popular in the Germany and thereafter spread to all over the world. I went on to see the play, which was held at tarragon theatre, Toronto on 1 march 2015 at 2:30 pm. Before going to the play I had already read some reviews of “the abyss” which gave me Idea that it would be a mystry play, so this makes me very excited. It was a tough time for me to wait for my second play as I was very curious about it. The play involves the story of three friends who went on to search for Karla Richter. She was missing after she went to get some cheese from the market. …show more content…

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