 | The Dybbuk Century: The Jewish Play That Possessed the World A little over 100 years ago, the first production of An-sky's The Dybbuk , a play about the possession of a young woman by a dislocated spirit, opened in Warsaw. In the century that followed, The Dybbuk became a theatrical conduit for a wide range of discourses about Jews, belonging, and modernity. This timeless Yiddish play about spiritual possession beyond the grave would go on to exert a remarkable and unforgettable impact on modern theater, film, literature, music, and culture. Debra Caplan is Associate Professor of Theatre at the Graduate Center and Baruch College, City University of New York. Rachel Merrill Moss is Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater at Colgate University. |
