The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading

On the day of her wedding, Leah is possessed by a dybbuk – the spirit of her former lover who died after learning of her engagement to another man.

The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading — Plot

On the day of her wedding, Leah is possessed by a dybbuk – the spirit of her former lover who died after learning of her engagement to another man. Set in the vanished, mystically religious world of 19th-century Eastern European Hasidism, S. Ansky’s The Dybbuk is a complex and meticulously crafted tragedy in which two lovers, betrothed before birth and denied earthly communion, are ultimately bound together for all eternity. This semi-staged reading took take place at the Almeida, as part of Six Artists in Search of a Play.

• Release date
• May 19, 2021
• Runtime
• 114 min
• Director
• Audrey Sheffield

The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading — Cast

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Ilan Goodman Joshua Higgott David Horovitch Sara Kestelman Lilit Lesser Elliot Levey Andy Nyman Jos Slovick