Movie: The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading

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Ilan Goodman
Ilan Goodman

Joshua Higgott
Joshua Higgott

David Horovitch
David Horovitch

Sara Kestelman
Sara Kestelman

Lilit Lesser
Lilit Lesser

Elliot Levey
Elliot Levey

Andy Nyman
Andy Nyman

Jos Slovick
Jos Slovick

Esther Smith
Esther Smith

Eleanor Wyld
Eleanor Wyld

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    The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading

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    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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    2021-05-19

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    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.

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