Format:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Content:
Through the story of a 17th century Sephardic Rabbi widely greeted as the Messiah, Martin Sherman examines religious fanaticism and obsessive orthodoxy through the eyes of the intelligent, analytical Rachel. This complex, potent play begins in Yultishk, a small village on what was once the Ukrainian border of Poland which was viciously pillaged by Cossacks seventeen years ago. Rachel lives there with her mother Rebecca, who has been silent ever since the raid. The whole village is turned upside down by the rumours about the coming of the Messiah to Constantinople, and Rachel finds herself uprooting her life and her belief in the hope of a new world. 'Messiah' was first performed in 1982 at Hampstead Theatre, London
Note:
Previously issued in print: in Plays one. London: Methuen Drama, 2004
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781408168899.00000032
