The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading

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The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading (2021)

Directed by Audrey Sheffield

“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.”

· 1h 54m

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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Cast

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Ilan Goodman Joshua Higgott David Horovitch Sara Kestelman Lilit Lesser Elliot Levey Andy Nyman Jos Slovick Esther Smith Eleanor Wyld

Crew

Director
Audrey Sheffield
Writer
Sholom Ansky

Details

Release date
2021-05-19
Runtime
1h 54m
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English