Posts Tagged: Tragedy

Mountain (Yaron Edelstein)

Genre: Absurd , Fantasy , Poetic Drama , Tragedy

Five soldiers are trapped in an endless war. They keep coming back to the starting point where they are asked to go into battle to protect their land, and each time the level of sacrifice demanded of them rises. From this nightmarish trap a hero emerges – Mountain – whose character encompasses the promise of… Read more

The Janitors (Hanoch Levin)

Genre: Tragedy

The entire play takes place over one night in the bedroom of Zaza, the wife of the general Nino. Zaza is torn between her longing for her adopted son Chvchavadze and her complex loyalty to her husband, against the backdrop of a declining empire. Secondary characters—emperor, empress, soldiers, servants, and a maid—amplify the charged drama…. Read more

The Dybbuk (Roy Chen)

Genre: Drama , Tragedy

Hanan, a poor Yeshiva student, deeply involved in Kabbalah, learned that his beloved Lea, daughter of the wealthy man of the shtetl, will be given to another guy. His incongruous death changes the cause of the events. The story takes an incredible turnover. His soul gets stuck between two worlds. He isn’t dead and not… Read more