Hanoch Levin 1943 – 1999 Playwright, director, author, poet

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Hanoch Levin was born in Tel Aviv on December 18, 1943 and died of cancer on August 18, 1999. Wrote plays, sketches, songs, stories and poetry, and also directed most of his own plays. During his work as a playwright and stage director, he developed a unique dramatic and theatrical language, created by combining poetic written text and images designed with the actors and set designers, costume and lighting, composer and choreographer. His plays are characterized by his ability to combine the work of different artists and have always been a celebration of words and visual images, based on a great love for the theater and all who take part in the performance.
Levin left a spiritual – artistic legacy, which includes 56 plays (except for his political satires, only 33 of his plays were performed in his lifetime), two books of prose, two collections of sketches and songs, a book of poems and two books for children. In 1999, the last year of his life, he took care to publish all his works.

 

Productions of his plays worldwide

Play (English) Year Country / City / Theatre
Hefetz / Dingens 2025 Bonn, Germany, Schauspiel Frankfurt
So Much Hope / Que d’Espoir 2025 Lyon, France, Théâtre de l‘Atelier
Krum / Crumb 2025 Tallinn, Estonia, Tallinn City Theatre
Rubber Merchants / Handlarze Gumek 2024 Warsaw, Poland, Teatr 6. piętro
The Labour of Life / Udręka życia 2024 Warsaw, Poland, Theater Wilam Horzyca
Krum 2023 Budapest, Hungary, Vígszínház
Requiem 2023 New York, USA, Area 623
Yaacobi & Leidental 2023 Toronto, Canada, Odyssey Theatre
Murder / Ubojstvo 2023 Zagreb, Croatia, HNK
Thrill My Heart / WZRUSZ MOJE SERCE 2023 Poznań, Poland, Athenaeum Theater
Winter Funeral / Zimowy pogrzeb 2022 Tarnów, Poland, Theatre Ludwik Solski
Popper 2022 Tokyo, Japan, THE COMPANY IN CHAIR & IN NOTES
Krum 2021 Düsseldorf, Germany, Thalia Theater
Krumie 2021 Warsaw, Poland, Teatr Polski
A Winter Funeral 2021 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Крум 2020 Kyiv, Ukraine, Ivan Franko Theatre
The Labour of Life / Une Laborieuse Entreprise 2020 Paris, France, Le Menteur Volontaire
Requiem 2019 Beijing, China, Poly Theatre
The Labour of Life / Popoch – Die Arbeit des Lebens 2019 Switzerland-Germany, NeuesTheater & TOBS
The Child Dreams 2019 Skopje, North Macedonia, National Theater Bitola
We are Leaving 2018 Warsaw, Poland, Nowy Teatr
Winter Funeral / Funérailles d’hiver 2018 Brussels, Belgium, Théâtre du Rideau
The Child Dreams / Das Kind träumt 2018 Augsburg, Germany, Staatstheater Augsburg
Winter Funeral / Ceremonie zimowe 2016 Warsaw, Poland, Teatr Warsawy
Murder / Mord 2015 Düsseldorf, Germany, Schauspiel Düsseldorf
Jakobi and Leidental 2014 Poznań, Poland, Teatr Powszechny

See also

Hanoch Levin's Site
Hanoch Levin on Wikipedia

Awards

Israeli Theatre Award for Playwright of the Year 2007, for: Thrill My Heart

Plays

The Skinny Soldier Drama Subject: Death, Homecoming, War | 2016 he | English French   
Redemption Drama Subject: Mythology, Parent-Child Relationship, Death | 2013 he  
Shozes & Bjijina Comedy Subject: Love, Sex | 2012 he  
Ikhsh Fisher Comedy Subject: Sex | 2010 he  
Morris Shimel Comedy Subject: Desires, Relationships, Love | 2010 he  
Thrill My Heart Comedy, Comic Drama, Poetic Drama, Comic Drama Subject: Desires, Human Soul, Desires | 2007 he  
The Dreamer Drama Subject: Mythology, Parent-Child Relationship, Death | 2005 he  
The Janitors Tragedy Subject: Mythology | 2005 he $ he  
Singles Comedy Subject: Desires, Sex, Relationships | 2002 he  
Romantics Comedy Subject: Desires, Sex, Relationships, Old Age, Illness | 2002 he  
The Weepers Comedy Subject: Death, Old Age, Illness, Adaptation of Greek Mythology | 2000 he  
Requiem Drama, Poetic Drama, Poetic Drama Subject: A Search, Human Soul, Old Age, Death | 1999 he | English French Russian German Rumanian Chinese Polish Hungarian Turkish Greek Portugeze   
Murder Drama Subject: Nationalism, Terror, Violence, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Palestinians, Zionism | 1997 he $ he  
The Whore from Ohio Comedy | 1997 he  
Beheading Drama Subject: Death, Mythology | 1996 he  
Mouth Open Drama Subject: Mythology | 1995 he  
The Wondrous Woman Within Us Comedy Subject: Love, Sex | 1994 he  
The Child Dreams Drama Subject: Death, Parent-Child Relationship | 1993 he | English French Polish   
Those Who Walk in the Darkness Comedy Subject: A Search, Parent-Child Relationship, Death, Family, Human Soul | 1992 he  
Hops and Hopla Comedy Subject: Desires, Parent-Child Relationship, Relationships, Sex | 1991 he  
The Hesitator Comedy Subject: Desires, Parent-Child Relationship, Relationships, Sex | 1990 he  
The Labor of Life Drama Subject: Old Age, Relationships | 1989 he | English Polish   
The Gigolo from Congo Comedy, Musical Comedy, Satire, Short Play, Sketches, Short Play Subject: Desires, Sex, Relationships | 1989 he  
Beaten and Defeated Comedy Subject: Desires, Relationships, Love | 1988 he  
Yakish & Poupche Comedy Subject: Relationships, Sex | 1986 he  
Everyone Wants to Live Comedy Subject: Adaptation of Greek Mythology, Death | 1985 he  
The Lost Women of Troy Drama Subject: Adaptation of Greek Mythology | 1984 he  
Suitcase Packers Absurd, Comedy, Comic Drama, Poetic Drama Subject: A Search, Human Soul, Love, Religion and Faith, Relationships, Old Age, Death, Family | 1983 he | French Polish English Hungarian Bulgarian   
The Patriot Satire Cabaret Subject: Nationalism, Palestinians, Violence, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Settlement in Israel | 1982 he  
The Great Whore of Babylon Drama Subject: Mythology, Parent-Child Relationship, Death | 1982 he  
Job’s Passion Drama, Periodical Drama, Tragedy Subject: Death, Religion and Faith, Violence, Based on Biblical stories | 1981 he  
Execution Drama Subject: Mythology, Vengeance, Violence, Death | 1979 he  
The Rubber Merchants Comedy Subject: Desires, Relationships | 1978 he  
A winter Funeral Comedy Subject: Death, Family | 1978 he | English French Rumanian Polish   
Popper Comedy Subject: Desires, Relationships, Illness | 1976 he  
Schitz Comedy, Musical Comedy Subject: Desires, Nationalism, Love | 1975 he  
Krum Comedy, Comic Drama, Poetic Drama Subject: A Search, Homecoming, Relationships, Friendship, Death, Illness, Human Soul | 1975 he | English French Polish Bulgarian Rumanian Spanish   
Young Varda’le Comedy Subject: Desires, Sex, Love, Relationships | 1974 he  
Ya’akobi & Leidental Comedy, Comic Drama, Poetic Drama Subject: Friendship, Sex, Love | 1972 he | French Polish English   
Heffetz Comedy Subject: Desires, Family, Relationships, Sex | 1972 he  
Queen Of Bathtub Satire, Satire Cabaret Subject: Nationalism, Zionism, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Settlement in Israel, War, Palestinians | 1970 he  
Ketchup Satire Subject: Nationalism, Palestinians, Violence, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Settlement in Israel, War | 1969 he  
Solomon Grip Comedy Subject: Desires, Relationships, Illness | 1969 he  
You, Me and the Next War Satire, Satire Cabaret Subject: Arab-Israeli Conflict, Nationalism, War | 1968 he  
And a Kiss for the Aunt Comedy Subject: Desires, Sex, Relationships | he  
Anxious and Frightened Comedy Subject: Desires, Sex, Relationships | he  
Rape Trial Drama Subject: Mythology, Sex, Violence | he  
Must Be Punished Comedy Subject: Desires, Relationships | he  
A Servant’s Devotion to his Rigorous Lady Comedy Subject: Relationships | he  
All the Queen’s Men Drama Subject: Death, Mythology | he  
Kludog the Miserable King Drama Subject: Death, Parent-Child Relationship, Violence | he  
Embarrassed Drama Subject: Mythology | he  
The Man with the Knife in the Middle Drama Subject: Mythology | he  
Spasm and Wrench Drama Subject: Mythology | he  
The Conqueror Drama Subject: Mythology | he  
Emperor Gok Comic Drama Subject: Death, Mythology | he  
Elmo and Ruth Comedy Subject: Desires, Relationships, Love | he  
The Beholder Drama Subject: Death, Mythology, Violence | he  
The Fair Theophano Drama Subject: Mythology | he  
Shozes and Bzhezhina Comedy | he  
Thoroughly Disgraced Comedy Subject: Desires, Sex, Love, Relationships | he  
The Emperor Comedy, Drama Subject: Adaptation of Greek Mythology, Mythology | he  
Endlessly Mourning Drama Subject: Mythology, Parent-Child Relationship, Death, Illness | he  
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* Temporary display of non-catalogued plays