5/20/2023 0 Comments The Dybbuk by S. Ansky![]() ![]() Ansky’s The Dybbuk is a complex and meticulously crafted tragedy in which two lovers, betrothed before birth and denied earthly communion, are ultimately bound together for all eternity.Īudrey Sheffield on why she chose this play: “There’s a view that through Yiddish theatre Jewish culture entered into dialogue with the outside world – both by putting itself on display and by importing theatrical pieces from other cultures. And The Dybbuk was a revolutionary drama in its time and became a canonical work of both Hebrew and Yiddish Theatre. Set in the vanished, mystically religious world of 19th-century Eastern European Hasidism, S. On the day of her wedding, Leah is possessed by a dybbuk – the spirit of her former lover who died after learning of her engagement to another man. This semi-staged reading will take place at the Almeida, as part of Six Artists in Search of a Play. ![]()
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