1936, LondonThe Olympics have often been a political target, and none more so than the Berlin games of 1936, dominated by Hitler and the black American athlete Jesse Owens. In Tom McNab's play, talks leading up to the games are seen through the eyes of US journalist William Shirer, involving Hitler and Goebbels, the International Olympic Committee and the Amateur Athletics Union of the USA as tensions rise over the F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:11PM on July 13, 2012