Ghetto
- Dates
- Apr 30 – May 28, 1989
- Performances
- 33
About
Ghetto (Hebrew: גטו) is a play by Israeli playwright Joshua Sobol about the experiences of the Jews of the Vilna Ghetto under Nazi occupation during World War II. The play focuses on the Jewish theatre in the ghetto, incorporating live music, and including as characters historical figures such as Jacob Gens, the chief of the Jewish Ghetto Police and later Head of the ghetto. It is part of a triptych of plays about the Jewish resistance movement, which also includes Adam and Underground. Ghetto premièred at the Haifa Municipal Theatre in Israel and the Freie Volksbühne, Berlin, in 1984, with folk and jazz singer Esther Ofarim as Hayyah. It was performed in the Olivier Theatre at the Royal National Theatre, London, in an English-language version by David Lan, based on a translation by Miria...