Just before his death, the great sea merchant makes his son swear that he will never, ever, go to the sea. In exchange for this oath, he leaves his son a vast fortune that will suffice for the rest of his life. Yet, a year later, in the dead of night, the son finds himself with a suitcase in hand on his way to the great sea, promising his wife and son that he will return within a few days. Thus begins a journey that sweeps the son into the depths of his heart. This is a story about home, passion, walls and open spaces, and the great sea that lies within each of us.<\/p>\n
The play is based on a Jewish tale from the Middle Ages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Just before his death, the great sea merchant makes his son swear that he will never, ever, go to the sea. In exchange for this oath, he leaves his son a vast fortune that will suffice for the rest of his life. Yet, a year later, in the dead of night, the son finds himself… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/play\/19997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/play"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/play"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/play\/19997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19998,"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/play\/19997\/revisions\/19998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}