The Holocaust Trilogy: The Dybbuk / Dead Woman on Holiday / Theresa
By (Author) Julia Pascal
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oberon Books Ltd
9th April 2000
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Plays, playscripts
822.914
Paperback
128
Width 130mm, Height 210mm
Pascal, JuliaDESCRIP_ALLOWED
Julia Pascal's plays are edgy personal and political dramas often connected to Jewish culture and history. From British collaboration with the Nazis on the Channel Islands to current Palestinian-Israeli conflicts, they explore the complexity of the most highly-charged conflicts of our age. These texts range from dance-theatre Expressionism to naturalism and often offer large roles to women which challenge stereotypes. The plays have an international dimension. Year Zero is set in Vichy France. St Joan in London and Paris. The Dybbuk takes place in Eastern European ghetto. Crossing Jerusalem is 24 hours in the life of a Jerusalem family. Honeypot is a spy story situated in Stockholm and Paris. Styles range from cabaret to thriller. And always there is sharp dialogue that is often darkly funny as well as disturbing. The plays have been staged in the UK, the USA, Belgium, France, Germany and Sweden.