Staging the Holocaust The Shoah in Drama and Performance [Hardcover]

This book considers Holocaust plays 'in performance' and the legitimacy of presenting the Holocaust on the stage.This book describes and analyses theatre productions performed in Israel, America, Poland, France, Italy and Germany which deal with the Holocaust. The collected essays trace the development of the realistic/documentary stagings of the 1950s-1970s through to today's very controversial avant-garde shows. This is the first book that deals with Holocaust plays 'in performance', and provides many previously unpublished drawings and documents, as well as an important descriptive bibliography.This book describes and analyses theatre productions performed in Israel, America, Poland, France, Italy and Germany which deal with the Holocaust. The collected essays trace the development of the realistic/documentary stagings of the 1950s-1970s through to today's very controversial avant-garde shows. This is the first book that deals with Holocaust plays 'in performance', and provides many previously unpublished drawings and documents, as well as an important descriptive bibliography.This book describes and analyzes theater productions performed in Israel, America, Poland, France, Italy and Germany that deal with the Holocaust. The collected essays trace the development of the realistic/documentary stagings of the 1950s-1970s through to today's very controversial avant-garde shows. This is the first book that deals with Holocaust plays in performance, and provides many previously unpublished drawings and documents, as well as an important descriptive bibliography.List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Introduction Claude Schumacher; 1. Holocaust theatre and the problem of justice Robert Skloot; 2. The power and limits of the metaphor of survivors' testimony Hank Greenspan; 3. On the fantastic in Holocaust performances Freddie Rokem; 4. The Holocaust experience through theatrical profanation Gad Kaynar; 5. Ben Hecht's pageant-drama: A Flag is Born Atay Citron; 6lãd