Passing the Love of Women

Posted September 18th, 2014 filed under Uncategorized.

Passing the Love of Women / Motti Lerner

Drama Subject: LGBT Religion and Faith Text in: he en	A play inspired by “Two” a short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer (written in collaboration with Israel Zamir) about two yeshiva students in 19^th century Poland who discover that they are homosexual. They run away from their town and find refuge in the big city of Lublin where they must live as husband and wife.
The characters	Female:4 Male:6 Total:10 1. Yudl Kuznitzer – the rabbi of Frampol (50) 2. Elke – his wife (47) 3. Reyzele – Yudl and Elke’s daughter (17) 4. Ziesl – their son (19) 5. Azriel – a yeshiva student (21) 6. Esther’l – Ziesl’s wife (17) 7. Shmuel Isser – Her father (50) 8. Feybush – a Lublin merchant, Reyzele’s husband (30) 9. Alter – Ziesl and Azriel’s landlord in Lublin (50). 10. Frume – Alter’s wife (40) 11. Elkhonen – a wedding jester and beggar.
Translations	English, Spanish
Productions	Premierre 2003 Habimah National Theatre director: Hanan Snir Productions Abroad United States Theater J, Washington 2004, Directed by Daniel DeRaey
	Featured in the iSRA-DRaMA: International Exposure of Israeli Theatre 2020