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The Dybbuk: A Play in Four Acts Paperback – March 17, 1972

by S. Ansky (Author), Chaim Zhitlowsky (Editor), Henry G. Alsberg (Translator),
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“Ansky’s The Dybbuk is a wonderful play. It is pleasant to be reminded of its dark grandeur again. . . . All the wonder, faith, piety and terror of the story are woven into [the] last act as if it were a religious tapestry.” ―Brooks Atkinson

The Dybbuk, regarded as the classic drama of the Yiddish stage, has long frightened yet fascinated audiences throughout the world. Based on Jewish folklore, its dark implications of mysterious, other-worldly forces at work in a quaint and simple village make for gripping, suspenseful theater. To the Chassidic Jews of eastern Europe, a dybbuk was not a legend or a myth; rather it remained a constant and portentous possibility. During that age of pervasive mysticism, when rabbis became miracle workers and the sinister arts of the Kabbala were fearsomely invoked, it was never doubted that a discontented spirit from the dead could cross the barrier between the “real” and the “other” worlds to enter a living human body. The Dybbuk is a masterful play, full of deep-rooted obsessions and dramatic suspense, fascinating for the glimpse it provides of the rich, poetic, and often tragic culture of the Chassidim. In this classic translation by Henry Alsberg and Winifred Katzin, the authentic cadences of the original Yiddish are deftly preserved.
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  1. Print length
    148 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Liveright
  4. Publication date
    March 17, 1972
  5. Dimensions
    5 x 1 x 8 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0871402629
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0871402622
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Liveright (March 17, 1972)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 148 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0871402629
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0871402622
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    2.0 2.0 out of 5 stars 1 rating

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Eliot Fintushel
2.0 out of 5 stars Not such a good translation
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2012
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I've read this play in Yiddish, and I was very disappointed in Mr. Kushner's translation. I found it inferior to other translations (by less famous people than Tony).
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