The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading
“On the day of her wedding, Leah is possessed by a dybbuk – the spirit of her former lover who died after learning of her engagement to another man.”
Overview
On the day of her wedding, Leah is possessed by a dybbuk – the spirit of her former lover who died after learning of her engagement to another man. Set in the vanished, mystically religious world of 19th-century Eastern European Hasidism, S. Ansky’s The Dybbuk is a complex and meticulously crafted tragedy in which two lovers, betrothed before birth and denied earthly communion, are ultimately bound together for all eternity. This semi-staged reading took take place at the Almeida, as part of Six Artists in Search of a Play.
Top-billed cast
- LLilit Lesser
- EEleanor Wyld
- JJos Slovick
- SSara Kestelman
- JJoshua Higgott
- AAndy Nyman
- IIlan Goodman
- DDavid Horovitch
- EEsther Smith
- EElliot Levey
Crew
- Director
- Audrey Sheffield
- Writer
- Sholom Ansky
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The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading was directed by Audrey Sheffield.
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The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading was released in 2021.
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