Performing HISTORY

University of Iowa Press

Contents

Preface................................................................................ixIntroduction...........................................................................11 Refractions of the Shoah on Israeli Stages: Theatre and Survival.....................27The Theatrical Modes of Israeli Shoah Performances.....................................31Yehoshua Sobol, Ghetto.................................................................38Dudu Ma'ayan, Arbeit macht frei vom Toitland Europa....................................56Hanoch Levin, The Boy Dreams...........................................................762 Three European Productions about the French Revolution...............................99Peter Brook, Marat/Sade................................................................102Ariane Mnouchkine, 1789................................................................111Ingmar Bergman, Madame de Sade.........................................................1173 Three American Productions of Danton's Death.........................................135B��chner's Play and Its Beholders.......................................................141The Production Qualities...............................................................162The Individualized Crowd...............................................................170The Execution..........................................................................1794 Theatrical Energies..................................................................187Textual Energies.......................................................................192From Textual to Performative Energies..................................................194Performance Energies...................................................................196The Eavesdropper and the Survivor-Witness..............................................202Metaphysical Energies..................................................................206Epilogue...............................................................................209Notes..................................................................................217Bibliography...........................................................................227Index..................................................................................241

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