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Comprises the texts of the following plays, in English: Nelly Sachs, "Eli: A Mystery Play of the Sufferings of Israel"; Liliane Atlan, "Mister Fugue or Earth Sick"; Peter Barnes, "Auschwitz"; Jozef Szajna, "Replika"; Joshua Sobol, "Ghetto"; James Schevill, "Cathedral of Ice". Pp. 303-310, "A Selected Bibliography of Plays of the Holocaust", contain an annotated listing of 82 plays dealing with the Holocaust.

This first English anthology of Israeli Holocaust drama makes available five important dramatic works, focusing on the more controversial productions of the last two decades. Although it once relied on a repertoire drawn largely from other countries, the fledgling Israeli stage is coming into its own, and a hearty generation of native writers makes this volume a welcome tradition to what has been a dearth of contemporary Hebrew drama available in...

It's the late 1930s in New York. Phillip Gellburg is an executive and the only Jew among the WASPs at a very Establishment Wall Street bank. His wife, Sylvia, is obsessed with news of Nazi Germany. After seeing a photo of old Jewish men forced to scrub the sidewalk with toothbrushes, she becomes mysteriously paralyzed in the legs. The only one who perceives Sylvia's fears and longings is Dr. Hyman - a man as passionate and empathetic as Phillip is...

A Gestapo officer arranges a nine-day furlough for a priest imprisoned in Dachau. If the priest can convince his bishop to capitulate to Nazi occupation, he will be freed.