The Dybbuk Century
The Jewish Play That Possessed the World
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Contributor(s)
Caplan, Debra (editor)
Moss, Rachel (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
A little over 100 years ago, the first production of An-sky’s The Dybbuk, a play about the possession of a young woman by a dislocated spirit, opened in Warsaw. In the century that followed, The Dybbuk became a theatrical conduit for a wide range of discourses about Jews, belonging, and modernity. This timeless Yiddish play about spiritual possession beyond the grave would go on to exert a remarkable and unforgettable impact on modern theater, film, literature, music, and culture.
The Dybbuk Century collects essays from an interdisciplinary group of scholars who explore the play’s original Yiddish and Hebrew productions and offer critical reflections on the play’s enduring influence. The collection will appeal to scholars, students, and theater practitioners, as well as general readers.
Keywords
Yiddish theater, Hebrew theater, Polish theater, The Dybbuk, dybbuks, An-sky, Ansky, Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Vilna Troupe, Habima, Habimah, Jewish theater, Jewish plays, Polish-Jewish theater, Theater historyISBN
9780472076437, 9780472056439Publisher
University of Michigan PressPublisher website
http://www.press.umich.edu/Publication date and place
2023Classification
Theatre studies
Social and cultural history
Literature: history and criticism