Posts Tagged: Habimah National Theatre

The Gypsies of Jaffa (Nissim Aloni)

Genre: Drama , Poetic Drama

In the 1971 documentary film on the making of the Gypsies of Jaffa, Nissim Aloni describes being interviewed by a French Canadian TV channel, in French. He goes on to tell how he answered all questions in fluent French, up until the question: Monsieur Aloni, what is the story of your play? –Here, he says,… Read more

Sonia Mushkat (Savyon Liebrecht)

Genre: Drama

Two wealthy Jewish sisters and the son of one of them hide in the cellar of their estate in Debrecen, Hungary, during World War II. A Christian village girl is sent by a Christian friend of the family to stay with them in the cellar and see to their needs. Fear, hunger, cold and hardship… Read more