The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading

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. Set in the vanished, mystically religious world of 19th-century Eastern European Hasidism, S. 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. This semi-staged reading took take place at the Almeida, as part of Six Artists in Search of a Play.

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114 minutes

Year:

2021

Director:

Audrey Sheffield

Cast:
Ilan Goodman

Joshua Higgott

David Horovitch

Sara Kestelman

Lilit Lesser

Crew:
Audrey Sheffield

Director

Sholom Ansky

Writer

Osnat Schmool

Music Director

Fraser Craig

Lighting Design

Golda Werman

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