In April 2008, the world was left stunned after it had emerged that a non assuming man, Josef Fritzl, had in fact imprisoned his daughter Elisabeth Fritzl for 24 years. In this time, Elisabeth would mother 7 children, with 1 passing away and 3 being brought up by her mother and father. This spine chilling episode would inspire Emma Donoghue to create her Commonwealth Writers’ Prize winning novel Room, is a narrative set in similar conditions to that of Elisabeth but told from the perspective of a 5 year old named Jack.
Courtesy of Theatre Royal Stratford East.
