The Theatre of the Holocaust, Volume 1
Title | The Theatre of the Holocaust, Volume 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Skloot |
Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1983-01-21 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0299090736 |
This volume contains these four plays: Resort 76 by Shimon Wincelberg Will the relentless oppression of the starving workers in a ghetto factory destroy their faith in God? Their love of life? Their ability to resist? If a cat is more valuable than a human being, have hope and goodness been eliminated from the world? A moving and terrifying melodrama. Throne of Straw by Harold and Edith Lieberman Through the career of Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, head of the Lodz, Poland Judenrat, we come to understand the horror of “choiceless choice,” of how giving up some to save others was the worst nightmare for those who sought the responsibilities of ghetto leadership. An epic play with music and song. The Cannibals by George Tabori The children of murder victims assemble to enact ritually the destruction of their fathers in the presence of two survivors. As the sons become their fathers, the most profound ethical questions of the Holocaust are raised concerning the limits of humanity in a world of absolute evil. A daring tragicomedy. Who Will Carry the Word? by Charlotte Delbo (translated by Cynthia Haft) In the austere, degraded setting of a concentration camp, twenty-two French women attempt to keep their sanity and hope as, one by one, they fall victim to the Nazi terror. Will anyone believe the story of the survivors? A poetic drama of resistance and witness.
The Theatre of the Holocaust, Volume 2
Title | The Theatre of the Holocaust, Volume 2 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Skloot |
Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 1999-04-20 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0299162737 |
This second volume of The Theatre of the Holocaust, when combined with the first, represents the most significant and comprehensive international collection of plays on the Holocaust. Since the appearance of Volume 1 in 1982, theatre and Holocaust studies have undergone astonishing transformations. In Volume 2, Skloot presents six plays acknowleding the most recent theatrical forms in our post-modern age.
The Theatre of the Holocaust, Volume 1
Title | The Theatre of the Holocaust, Volume 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Skloot |
Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1983-01-21 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780299090746 |
This volume contains these four plays: Resort 76 by Shimon Wincelberg Will the relentless oppression of the starving workers in a ghetto factory destroy their faith in God? Their love of life? Their ability to resist? If a cat is more valuable than a human being, have hope and goodness been eliminated from the world? A moving and terrifying melodrama. Throne of Straw by Harold and Edith Lieberman Through the career of Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, head of the Lodz, Poland Judenrat, we come to understand the horror of “choiceless choice,” of how giving up some to save others was the worst nightmare for those who sought the responsibilities of ghetto leadership. An epic play with music and song. The Cannibals by George Tabori The children of murder victims assemble to enact ritually the destruction of their fathers in the presence of two survivors. As the sons become their fathers, the most profound ethical questions of the Holocaust are raised concerning the limits of humanity in a world of absolute evil. A daring tragicomedy. Who Will Carry the Word? by Charlotte Delbo (translated by Cynthia Haft) In the austere, degraded setting of a concentration camp, twenty-two French women attempt to keep their sanity and hope as, one by one, they fall victim to the Nazi terror. Will anyone believe the story of the survivors? A poetic drama of resistance and witness.
Staging the Holocaust
Title | Staging the Holocaust PDF eBook |
Author | Claude Schumacher |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 1998-09-24 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780521624152 |
'To portray the Holocaust, one has to create a work of art', says Claude Lanzmann, the director of Shoah. However, can the Holocaust be turned into theatre? Is it possible to portray on stage events that, by their monstrosity, defy human comprehension? These are the questions addressed by the playwrights and the scholars featured in this book. Their essays present and analyse plays performed in Israel, America, France, Italy, Poland and, of course, Germany. The style of presentation ranges from docudramas to avant-garde performances, from realistic impersonation of historical figures to provocative and nightmarish spectacles. The book is illustrated with original production photographs and some rare drawings and documents; it also contains an important descriptive bibliography of more than two hundred Holocaust plays.
Theatrical Performance During the Holocaust
Title | Theatrical Performance During the Holocaust PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca Rovit |
Publisher | PAJ Publications |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781555540753 |
"Compelling and even poignant accounts of ghetto performances."--Ulrich Baer, German Studies Review
The Theatre of the Holocaust, Volume 2
Title | The Theatre of the Holocaust, Volume 2 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Skloot |
Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press |
Pages | 415 |
Release | 1999-04-08 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780299162740 |
This second volume of The Theatre of the Holocaust, when combined with the first, represents the most significant and comprehensive international collection of plays on the Holocaust. Since the appearance of Volume 1 in 1982, theatre and Holocaust studies have undergone astonishing transformations. In Volume 2, Skloot presents six plays acknowleding the most recent theatrical forms in our post-modern age.
Holocaust Theater
Title | Holocaust Theater PDF eBook |
Author | Gene A. Plunka |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 2017-12-22 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 135159608X |
Facts about the Holocaust are one way of learning about its devastating impact, but presenting personal manifestations of trauma can be more effective than citing statistics. Holocaust Theater addresses a selection of contemporary plays about the Holocaust, examining how collective and individual trauma is represented in dramatic texts, and considering the ways in which spectators might be swayed viscerally, intellectually, and emotionally by witnessing such representations onstage. Drawing on interviews with a number of the playwrights alongside psychoanalytic studies of survivor trauma, this volume seeks to foster understanding of the traumatic effects of the Holocaust on subsequent generations. Holocaust Theater offers a vital account of theater’s capacity to represent the effects of Holocaust trauma.