Show Plot Diary of Anne Frank

Authors: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, team, later revised in 1997 by playwright Wendy Kesselman

Time Period: 1942-1944

Setting: A "Secret Annex" (Achterhuis), a concealed set of rooms hidden behind a bookcase in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Summary: The play tells the true story of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a hidden annex of an Amsterdam office building during World War II. For over two years, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank records their cramped daily life, struggles, and fears in her diary. The secret life tragically ends when they are betrayed and captured.