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The Dybbuk: a new version
by S. Ansky; John Hirsch (Translator)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0919566391
- ISBN 13
- 9780919566392
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Presumably first edition.
119 p.; ill. Small 1 cm tear and sticker residue to dust jacket with minor edgewear. Pastedowns have manufacturing flaw (slightly wrinkled) but book is otherwise in Fine condition.
Edited by Barbara Kaufman and Michal Schonberg.
Illustrated by Paul S. Weldon.
From the dust jacket:
The Dybbuk is the classic drama of the Yiddish theatre. Written in the early twentieth century by S. Ansky, the play is set in an isolated Polish community of Hassidic Jews, and tells the story of Leah, a young Jewish maiden who becomes possessed by the tortured soul, the dybbuk, of her beloved. The Dybbuk is a haunting love story, steeped in Jewish folklore, mysticism and Old Testament morality.
John Hirsch has translated and adapted The Dybbuk for the modern stage and the modern audience. "I tried to uncover its values, expand and reshape them through a modern sensibility that would make them as accessible to a non-Jewish as a Jewish audience," says Hirsch. The result is a strong and moving dramatic tableau, universal in its dramatization of a people, hailed by critics and audiences in both Canada and the United States.
Hirsch has infused the original with warmth and humour, poetry and song, rich and earthy characters. His loquacious Three Beggars, devout old Hassidim, emphasis on custom and ceremony, ritual and dance, give us a Dybbuk ethical and human in its concerns, universal in its portrayal of suffering and joy.
John Hirsch's version of The Dybbuk premiered at the Manitoba Theatre Centre in January, 1974. The United States premiere took place at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles in 1975.
"... John Hirsch has discovered the fire and poetry beneath the surface of this extraordinary play. The result is that The Dybbuk seems as pertinent as if it had been written yesterday."
Stephen Farber, The New York Times
"Scene after scene is infused with great mythic and ritualistic intensity, and Hirsch creates a kind of spell; we are caught by the mood, the rhythm, and the emotional fullness of a sort of vision which seems to contain at least as much Hirsch as Ansky."
Martin Knelman, Toronto Globe and Mail
". . . total theatre and totally rewarding. . . reaches rare heights of spiritual and theatrical magnificence..."
Charles Faber, Los Angeles Free Press
". . . an engrossing and powerful play. . . in this new adaptation by John Hirsch, a tragic section of history is carved out by a big marvelous cast on a fascinating stage."
Bill Freeman, Daily Tribune
John Hirsch is one of Canada's leading men of the theatre, and a stage director of international repute.
He was born in Siofok, Hungary, in 1930. A member of a prominent theatrical family in Hungary, Mr. Hirsch developed an early interest in the theatre. He left Europe for Winnipeg in 1947, and graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1952.
In 1956 he became the founding artistic director of the Manitoba Theatre Centre, and has been Associate Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival in Ontario. His extensive experience as a director includes drama and documentaries for television, musicals, opera, contemporary and classical drama for the stage.
Mr. Hirsch was awarded the Order of Canada for his work in Canadian theatre, the Outer Circle Critics Award for his direction of St. Joan at Lincoln Centre, New York, the Obie Award f.or AC-DC at the Chelsea Theatre off Broadway. In 1970 he was named Off-Broadway's Best Director of the Year. He has also Directed at theHabimah Theatre in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Mr. Hirsch was appointed Head of C.B.C. Television Drama in 1973, and now resides in Toronto.
119 p.; ill. Small 1 cm tear and sticker residue to dust jacket with minor edgewear. Pastedowns have manufacturing flaw (slightly wrinkled) but book is otherwise in Fine condition.
Edited by Barbara Kaufman and Michal Schonberg.
Illustrated by Paul S. Weldon.
From the dust jacket:
The Dybbuk is the classic drama of the Yiddish theatre. Written in the early twentieth century by S. Ansky, the play is set in an isolated Polish community of Hassidic Jews, and tells the story of Leah, a young Jewish maiden who becomes possessed by the tortured soul, the dybbuk, of her beloved. The Dybbuk is a haunting love story, steeped in Jewish folklore, mysticism and Old Testament morality.
John Hirsch has translated and adapted The Dybbuk for the modern stage and the modern audience. "I tried to uncover its values, expand and reshape them through a modern sensibility that would make them as accessible to a non-Jewish as a Jewish audience," says Hirsch. The result is a strong and moving dramatic tableau, universal in its dramatization of a people, hailed by critics and audiences in both Canada and the United States.
Hirsch has infused the original with warmth and humour, poetry and song, rich and earthy characters. His loquacious Three Beggars, devout old Hassidim, emphasis on custom and ceremony, ritual and dance, give us a Dybbuk ethical and human in its concerns, universal in its portrayal of suffering and joy.
John Hirsch's version of The Dybbuk premiered at the Manitoba Theatre Centre in January, 1974. The United States premiere took place at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles in 1975.
"... John Hirsch has discovered the fire and poetry beneath the surface of this extraordinary play. The result is that The Dybbuk seems as pertinent as if it had been written yesterday."
Stephen Farber, The New York Times
"Scene after scene is infused with great mythic and ritualistic intensity, and Hirsch creates a kind of spell; we are caught by the mood, the rhythm, and the emotional fullness of a sort of vision which seems to contain at least as much Hirsch as Ansky."
Martin Knelman, Toronto Globe and Mail
". . . total theatre and totally rewarding. . . reaches rare heights of spiritual and theatrical magnificence..."
Charles Faber, Los Angeles Free Press
". . . an engrossing and powerful play. . . in this new adaptation by John Hirsch, a tragic section of history is carved out by a big marvelous cast on a fascinating stage."
Bill Freeman, Daily Tribune
John Hirsch is one of Canada's leading men of the theatre, and a stage director of international repute.
He was born in Siofok, Hungary, in 1930. A member of a prominent theatrical family in Hungary, Mr. Hirsch developed an early interest in the theatre. He left Europe for Winnipeg in 1947, and graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1952.
In 1956 he became the founding artistic director of the Manitoba Theatre Centre, and has been Associate Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival in Ontario. His extensive experience as a director includes drama and documentaries for television, musicals, opera, contemporary and classical drama for the stage.
Mr. Hirsch was awarded the Order of Canada for his work in Canadian theatre, the Outer Circle Critics Award for his direction of St. Joan at Lincoln Centre, New York, the Obie Award f.or AC-DC at the Chelsea Theatre off Broadway. In 1970 he was named Off-Broadway's Best Director of the Year. He has also Directed at theHabimah Theatre in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Mr. Hirsch was appointed Head of C.B.C. Television Drama in 1973, and now resides in Toronto.
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- Bookseller
- The Mortuary Korps
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Dybbuk
- Author
- S. Ansky; John Hirsch (Translator)
- Illustrator
- Paul S. Weldon
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0919566391
- ISBN 13
- 9780919566392
- Publisher
- Peguis Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Dybbuk; Supernatural; Ex-communication; Exorcism; Possession; Hasidim; Lost souls; Jewish; Folklore; Folk tale; Marriage; Faith; Mysticism; Spirits; Ghosts; Tragedy; Drama; Plays; Theatre; Stageplay; Manitoban; Canadian; English Translation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Stageplays; Jewish; Folklore; Supernatural; Drama;
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