Description
The true story of the flourishing of a theatre in a wartime Jewish Ghetto. Winner of the Evening Standard Award for Best Play and the Critics Circle Award for Best New Play.
Set in the Jewish ghetto of Vilna, Lithuania, in 1942, and based on diaries written during the darkest days of the holocaust, Ghetto tells of the unlikely flourishing of a theatre at the very time the Nazis began their policy of mass extermination.
Joshua Sobol's play Ghetto was first performed at the Haifa Municipal Theatre in Israel and the Freie Volksbuhne, Berlin, in 1984. This English-language version, adapted by David Lan, was first performed in the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre, London, in April 1989, directed by Nicholas Hytner.
This edition of Ghetto includes Jeremy Sams' songs and music from the play, as well as extracts from the original ghetto diary.
About the Author
David Lan is a South African-born British playwright and theatre director. He has been Artistic Director of the Young Vic theatre in London since 2000.
Awards
Winner of Best New Play, Critics' Circle Awards 1989 and Best Play, Evening Standard Awards 1989.
Book Information
ISBN 9781854590213
Author Joshua Sobol
Format Paperback
Page Count 124
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books
Weight(grams) 142g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 7mm
