THE CONSTANT MOURNER Comes To Cameri Theatre Tomorrow
by Alan Henry - Jul 29, 2021
THE CONSTANT MOURNER begins performances tomorrow at the Cameri Theatre. Israeli master playwright Hanoch Levin details the story of a family determined to throw a daughter’s wedding despite a funeral set on the same date.
Evening.
VIDEO: Dudu Niv and Yitzhak Hezekiah Talk Hanoch Levin at the Cameri Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 24, 2021
In which kibbutz did they throw chairs at the players and Hanoch Levin at the end of the show? How did the audience react after the first play of 'Bath Queen'?
Among Levin’s awards in Israel: the Silver Rose Award for Playwright of the Year three times (1978; 1979; 1982), the Lea Porat Prize (1983), the Ashman Prize for Theater (1994), the Bialik Prize (1994), the Prime Minister’s Prize (1997), the Theater Award for Playwright of the Year four times (1997; 1999; 2000; 2007), as well as for Director of the Year (1999), and the Theater Prize for Special Achievement(1997).
Photo by: Pesi Girsch
RedemptionDramaSubject: Mythology, Parent-Child Relationship, Death | 2013 ➥he
Shozes & BjijinaComedySubject: Love, Sex | 2012 ➥he
Ikhsh FisherComedySubject: Sex | 2010 ➥he
Morris ShimelComedySubject: Desires, Relationships, Love | 2010 ➥he
Thrill My HeartComedy, Comic DramaSubject: Love, Desires | 2007 ➥he
The DreamerDramaSubject: Mythology, Parent-Child Relationship, Death | 2005 ➥he
The JanitorsTragedySubject: Mythology | 2005 ➥he $ he
SinglesComedySubject: Desires, Sex, Relationships | 2002 ➥he
RomanticsComedySubject: Desires, Sex, Relationships, Old Age, Illness | 2002 ➥he
The WeepersComedySubject: Death, Old Age, Illness, Adaptation of Greek Mythology | 2000 ➥he
RequiemDrama, Poetic DramaSubject: A Search, Human Soul, Old Age, Death | 1999 ➥he | ➥English French Russian German Rumanian Chinese Polish Hungarian Turkish Greek Portugeze
MurderDramaSubject: Nationalism, Terror, Violence, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Palestinians, Zionism | 1997 ➥he $ he
The Whore from OhioComedy| 1997 ➥he
BeheadingDramaSubject: Death, Mythology | 1996 ➥he
Mouth OpenDramaSubject: Mythology | 1995 ➥he
The Wondrous Woman Within UsComedySubject: Love, Sex | 1994 ➥he
The Child DreamsDramaSubject: Death, Parent-Child Relationship | 1993 ➥he | ➥English French Polish
Those Who Walk in the DarknessComedySubject: A Search, Parent-Child Relationship, Death, Family, Human Soul | 1992 ➥he
Hops and HoplaComedySubject: Desires, Parent-Child Relationship, Relationships, Sex | 1991 ➥he
The HesitatorComedySubject: Desires, Parent-Child Relationship, Relationships, Sex | 1990 ➥he
The Labor of LifeDramaSubject: Old Age, Relationships | 1989 ➥he | ➥English Polish
The Gigolo from CongoComedy, Musical Comedy, Short PlaySubject: Desires, Sex, Relationships | 1989 ➥he
Beaten and DefeatedComedySubject: Desires, Relationships, Love | 1988 ➥he
Yakish & PoupcheComedySubject: Relationships, Sex | 1986 ➥he
Everyone Wants to LiveComedySubject: Adaptation of Greek Mythology, Death | 1985 ➥he
The Lost Women of TroyDramaSubject: Adaptation of Greek Mythology | 1984 ➥he
Suitcase PackersAbsurd, Black Comedy, Comedy, Comic Drama, Poetic DramaSubject: A Search, Human Soul, Love, Religion and Faith, Relationships, Old Age, Death, Family | 1983 ➥he | ➥French Polish English Hungarian Bulgarian
The PatriotSatire CabaretSubject: Nationalism, Palestinians, Violence, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Settlement in Israel | 1982 ➥he
The Great Whore of BabylonDramaSubject: Mythology, Parent-Child Relationship, Death | 1982 ➥he
Job’s PassionDrama, Periodical Drama, TragedySubject: Death, Religion and Faith, Violence, Based on Biblical stories | 1981 ➥he
ExecutionDramaSubject: Mythology, Vengeance, Violence, Death | 1979 ➥he
The Rubber MerchantsComedySubject: Desires, Relationships | 1978 ➥he
A winter FuneralBlack Comedy, ComedySubject: Death, Family | 1978 ➥he | ➥English French Rumanian Polish
PopperComedySubject: Desires, Relationships, Illness | 1976 ➥he
SchitzComedy, Musical ComedySubject: Desires, Nationalism, Love | 1975 ➥he
KrumBlack Comedy, Comedy, Comic Drama, Poetic DramaSubject: A Search, Homecoming, Relationships, Friendship, Death, Illness, Human Soul | 1975 ➥he | ➥English French Polish Bulgarian Rumanian Spanish
Young Varda’leComedySubject: Desires, Sex, Love, Relationships | 1974 ➥he
Ya’akobi & LeidentalComedy, Comic Drama, Poetic DramaSubject: Friendship, Sex, Love | 1972 ➥he | ➥French Polish English
HeffetzComedySubject: Desires, Family, Relationships, Sex | 1972 ➥he
Queen Of BathtubSatire, Satire CabaretSubject: Nationalism, Zionism, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Settlement in Israel, War, Palestinians | 1970 ➥he
KetchupSatireSubject: Nationalism, Palestinians, Violence, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Settlement in Israel, War | 1969 ➥he
Solomon GripComedySubject: Desires, Relationships, Illness | 1969 ➥he
You, Me and the Next WarSatire, Satire CabaretSubject: Arab-Israeli Conflict, Nationalism, War | 1968 ➥he
And a Kiss for the AuntComedySubject: Desires, Sex, Relationships | ➥he
Anxious and FrightenedComedySubject: Desires, Sex, Relationships | ➥he
Rape TrialDramaSubject: Mythology, Sex, Violence | ➥he
Must Be PunishedComedySubject: Desires, Relationships | ➥he
A Servant’s Devotion to his Rigorous LadyComedySubject: Relationships | ➥he
All the Queen’s MenDramaSubject: Death, Mythology | ➥he
Kludog the Miserable KingDramaSubject: Death, Parent-Child Relationship, Violence | ➥he
EmbarrassedDramaSubject: Mythology | ➥he
The Man with the Knife in the MiddleDramaSubject: Mythology | ➥he
Spasm and WrenchDramaSubject: Mythology | ➥he
The ConquerorDramaSubject: Mythology | ➥he
Emperor GokComic DramaSubject: Death, Mythology | ➥he
Elmo and RuthComedySubject: Desires, Relationships, Love | ➥he
The BeholderDramaSubject: Death, Mythology, Violence | ➥he
The Fair TheophanoDramaSubject: Mythology | ➥he
Shozes and BzhezhinaComedy| ➥he
Thoroughly DisgracedComedySubject: Desires, Sex, Love, Relationships | ➥he
The EmperorComedy, DramaSubject: Adaptation of Greek Mythology, Mythology | ➥he
Endlessly MourningDramaSubject: Mythology, Parent-Child Relationship, Death, Illness | ➥he
Hanoch Levin 2007|
* Temporary display of non-catalogued plays
Should we make merry with the newlyweds, or pay respects to the dead? Yohanan, Bella and Shmuel have average-sized dreams. They want sex, money and love.
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Hanoch Levin
Hanoch Levin (1943-1999), one of Israel’s leading dramatists, was born in Tel Aviv and studied philosophy and literature at Tel Aviv University.
The production runs through September 29th, 2021. His plays have been staged around the world, and he received many theater awards both in Israel and abroad – most notably the Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival, for his play Yaʹakobi & Leidental (1980).
Photos: First Look At The U.S. Premiere Of YAACOBI & LEIDENTAL At The Odyssey Theatre
by A.A.
Cristi - Mar 21, 2023
First look photos! I had: regulation misery, pain to top…
The Mother enters, carrying the dead Child in her arms; approaches the pile.The Mother:Hello, dead children.I brought my son here.He’s dead.
Born and brought up in Tel Aviv, Hanoch Levin was a dramatist, director, writer, and poet.
Twitches. Many of his poems were set to music. Leidental. Levin was a major force in the Israeli theater and remained a controversial figure throughout his productive and tragically short career. Tel Aviv-based director Yonatan Esterkin helms a new translation by Naaman Tamuz that was recently commissioned by the Levin estate, and Nisha Sujatha Arunasalam is music director.
Odyssey Presents the U.S. Premiere of YAACOBI & LEIDENTAL Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Feb 8, 2023
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents the U.S. premiere of Yaacobi & Leidental, a funny, provocative romp with music written by Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin and featuring songs by Alex Kagan. He wrote more than sixty plays, as well as collections of poetry and prose, and two books for children.
In addition, he published books of short stories and poems and a book for children. His work includes comedies, tragedies and satirical revues, most of which he directed himself.