Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2012
Titel der Quelle:
במות ומסך; כתב עת לאומנויות הבמה
Angaben zur Quelle:
9 (תשעג) 22-39
Keywords:
סלובס, חיים,
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and the theater
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
;
Yiddish literature History and criticism
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Zionism
;
Theater
Abstract:
Discusses the first play on the Shoah performed in Israel, in 1950, the plot of which takes place during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. The play, "Eit ha-zamir", was translated from the Yiddish "Tsayt fun gezang" ("A Time of Song"), written by Henri Chaim Slovés, a Jewish communist from Białystok who emigrated to Paris in 1926. There was some controversy over the fact that Slovés was a communist, but his play extolled the virtues of the "fighting Jew", making it relevant for the new State of Israel. In the play, there is a confrontation between the passive members of the older generation and the active members of the younger one; however, the willingness of both to sacrifice themselves unites them. The play was performed by the Ohel Theater and directed by Yaakov Veislitz, who had been an actor in Vilna, emigrated to Australia in 1938, and was visiting Israel. Notes that the play received mixed reviews, and that many people felt, only five years after World War II, that the Shoah was not a subject to be dealt with on the stage.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
