Liberation Days by David van Belle

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It’s May 1945, liberated Holland. The War is over, but because of a shortage of troop ships the Canadian Army remains in the Netherlands. Emma, an independent Dutch woman, meets Al ex, a young Canadian private from rural Alberta. Emma has lived through five harrowing years of German occupation that ended in the ‘hunger winter’ of 1944-45, and wonders how she can put her life back together after everything she’s experienced and everything she’s lost. Emma sees in Alex the chance for a new life, to leave the expectations of her mother, the village and the church, to leave the horrors of the war. But she has to make a choice——to make peace with what’s happened in the past, or to flee to a future in Canada. Keywords: war, canada, netherlands, soldier, holland, dutch, history, romance, world, WWII, religion, christianity, christian, change, female protagonist, alberta, calgary, edmonton, prairie, love, language, mother, daughter Year Printed: 2016 First Produced: 2014 at Theatre Calgary, Calgary, AB. Running TIme: 110 minutes Acts: 2 Male Cast: 4 Female Cast: 3 Show more