{"id":276,"date":"2021-11-03T12:30:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T11:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jj.yiddish.paris\/the-play\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T16:27:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T15:27:12","slug":"the-play","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jj.yiddish.paris\/en\/the-play\/","title":{"rendered":"the play"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Written in 1930 in Warsaw by Aaron Zeitlin, a leading Yiddish poet and playwright, the play <em>Jacob Jacobson<\/em> stunned Yiddish cultural circles with its modernity. Imbued with mysticism and religiosity, the play also exposed itself to accusations of conservatism. With biting pessimism, it dared to predict the outbreak of a second world war, a senseless repetition of the carnage of 1914-1918.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first act is set aboard a ship sailing through the Atlantic. Its passengers are the archetypes of modern society: the worker, the general, the prostitute, the poet&#8230; A Jewish businessman from New York, Jacob Jacobson, is the only one to speak out against a war desired by the majority, sensing that it will signal the end of humanity. But then war breaks out, leaving behind only one survivor: Jacob Jacobson himself, the emblematic Jew. Pressed to become a new Adam by an angel anxious to rebuild humanity, Jacobson contemplates with dread how human history is destined to repeat itself&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\">A production of <strong>Troym-teater<\/strong>, troupe of the <strong>Paris Yiddish Center \u2013 Medem Library<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adapted and directed by <strong>Tal Hever-Chybowski<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Playing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Laurence Aptekier-Fisbein<\/strong>: A Woman; Lucy Jacobson; Eve<br><strong>Marion Blank<\/strong>: The Sailior; The Child; The 5th Marionette;<meta charset=\"utf-8\">The 8th Marionette<br><strong>Michel Fisbein<\/strong>: Rukavishnikov; The Lord of the Waters; <meta charset=\"utf-8\">The 10th Marionnette<br><strong>Andr\u00e9 Furcajg<\/strong>: The General; A Water Spirit<br><strong>Tal Hever-Chybowski<\/strong>: The Serpent<br><strong>Charles Leiserowicz:<\/strong> The Captain; Archangel Metatron; <meta charset=\"utf-8\">The 3rd Marionette<br><strong>Velvl Niborski<\/strong>: Jacob Jacobson<br><strong>Leybl Niborski de Milleret<\/strong>: The Poet; A Water Spirit; <meta charset=\"utf-8\">The 1st Marionnette; <meta charset=\"utf-8\">The 6th Marionette; <meta charset=\"utf-8\">The 9th Marionnette<br><strong>Charles Perelle:<\/strong> The Pilot; A Water Spirit; <meta charset=\"utf-8\">The 2nd Marionnette; <meta charset=\"utf-8\">The 7th Marionnette; The New Adam<br><strong>Annick Prime-Margules<\/strong>: The Worker; Angel Sansenoy<br><strong>Betty Reicher <\/strong>: The Prostitute; The Old Water Spirit<br><strong>Annie Satler<\/strong>: The Arms Dealer; A Water Spirit; Archangel Sandalphon; <meta charset=\"utf-8\">The 4th Marionnette<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice over: <strong>Jean Specto<\/strong><strong>r<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original music by <strong>Nicolas Dupin<\/strong>.<br>Musicians: <strong>Nicolas Dupin<\/strong> (violin), <strong>Bastien Hartmann<\/strong> (piano), <strong>C\u00e9cile Neeser Hever<\/strong> (harp).<br>Assistant to the scenography and lighting designer: <strong>Joseph Romano<\/strong>.<br>Stage manager: <strong>Eva Bitton<\/strong>.<br>Supertitle operator: <strong>Amelie Moser<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acknowledgements: <strong>Miriam Camerini<\/strong>, <strong>Shahar Fineberg<\/strong>, <strong>R\u00e9gine Nebel<\/strong>, <strong>Yitskhok Niborski<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written in 1930 in Warsaw by Aaron Zeitlin, a leading Yiddish poet and playwright, the play Jacob Jacobson stunned Yiddish cultural circles with its modernity. Imbued with mysticism and religiosity, the play also exposed itself to accusations of conservatism. With biting pessimism, it dared to predict the outbreak of a second world war, a senseless &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jj.yiddish.paris\/en\/the-play\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;the play&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-276","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jj.yiddish.paris\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jj.yiddish.paris\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jj.yiddish.paris\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jj.yiddish.paris\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jj.yiddish.paris\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jj.yiddish.paris\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":385,"href":"https:\/\/jj.yiddish.paris\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276\/revisions\/385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jj.yiddish.paris\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}