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Joshua Sobol

JOSHUA SOBOL  (1939 - )

 Nationality:    Israeli
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Literary Agent:    ICM Partners  


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below is a list of Joshua Sobol's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Adam         Consequences         Ghetto         IWitness         JerUSAlem Syndrome, The         K'Far (The VIllage)         Shooting Magda         Soul Of a Jew (Weininger's Night)         Underground

Adam

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-    1988

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Consequences

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Eight playwrights play consequences in the 21stC as a last gasp for Foco Novo, killed by the government and the Arts Council

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written with Brenton, Dunn, Griffiths, Ikoli, Williams, Wilson, Wymark

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Croydon    1988

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Colaboration

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Male:  7            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Ghetto

Joshua Sobol
In Vilna in 1941 the Nazis under the command of SS officer Vittel have exterminated 50,000 of the local Jews. Some of the remaining Jewish people who work in the theatre are ordered to sort out their clothes. Whilst doing this it is discovered that Hayyah has a kilo of beans concealed on her. Kittel tips the beans over the floor and orders the Jews to pick up every one in a minute or be shot. They fail but he discovers that Hayyah can sing. He orders her to sing and is entranced with her voice. Srulik is a ventriloquist and is in love with Hayyah but only his dummy can talk to her - Srulik is too shy. Kittel gives the theatre people an empty warehouse and says they can perform there to entertain his troops

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-    1984

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Nick Hern Books, London, 1989   978-1854590213

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IWitness

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In 1943, Franz Jaegerstatter, an Austrian citizen, was guillotined for refbsing to serve in the German army. Joshua Sobol's solemnly virtuous play, first seen in Israel during an outbreak of conscientious objection at the height of the intifada, details his time in prison.
Maxie Szalwinska, Metro(London)

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Conflict Zone

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

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JerUSAlem Syndrome, The

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K'Far (The VIllage)

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Shooting Magda

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Contained in: "Modern Jewish Plays" published by Playwrights Canada Press 2006   -

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Soul Of a Jew (Weininger's Night)

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National Library of Scotland ref: Fifth Estate Theatre Company - Acc.11443/115

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Underground

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-    1989

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