A Dybbuk and other tales of the supernatural

Cast: 9f 27m doubling recommended

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Paperback, 192 pages ISBN: 9781559361378Publication Date:
1 Aug 1998
Size: 225mm x 138mm£19.99

A Dybbuk and other tales of the supernatural

By Tony Kushner and Joachim Neugroschel

Paperback £19.99

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The classic Yiddish tale by S. Ansky, adapted by Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America, and Joachim Neugroschel.

This volume also contains a selection of Yiddish tales of the supernatural translated into English for the first time by Joachim Neugroschel.

Considered by many to be the greatest Yiddish drama, A Dybbuk recounts the tale of a wealthy man's daughter who is possessed by the spirit of her dead beloved. Collectively, these tales illuminate different aspects of the Jewish mystical world, including possessions, transmigration, fairy tales, parables and miracles.

Press Quotes

'Tony Kushner's adaptation is passionate and illuminating

New York Post

'The play has a deep wistfulness about a flawed but rich culture on the precipice of apocalyptic change, about technology poised to tear through ancient truths and the seductions of assimilation ready to devastate whatever culture is left after the slaughters of the twentieth century'

Newsday

Cast: 9f 27m doubling recommended

Performing rights not held by Nick Hern Books

Paperback,192 pages ISBN: 9781559361378Publication Date:
1 Aug 1998
Size: 225mm x 138mm£19.99

Also by Tony Kushner:

Caroline, or Change
Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika
The Visit, or The Old Lady Comes to Call
The Illusion
Lincoln
Homebody/Kabul
Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness (incl. Slavs!)
Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches
Death and Taxes: Hydriotaphia & Other Plays
The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures
A Bright Room Called Day
Angels in America
Widows

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