The Habima-Israel'S National Theater 1917-1977. a Study of Cultural Nationalism / Emanuel Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Emanuel, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1979]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines the political, ideological, and artistic roles of the Habima theater between its founding in Moscow in 1917 to the 1970s. It attempts to identify underlying patterns of change in the roles, structure, and functions of the Habima theater, with its major objective to describe the specific changes in its ideology, mission, repertoire, organization, and audiences between 1917 and 1977 and to analyze the causes and consequences of those changes.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One. The Habima in Moscow: 1917-1926

1. The Founding Group

2. Ideology and Repertoire: 1917-1926

3. The Social Context: Jewish and Russian

4. The Social Structure of the Habima

Part Two. The Habima in Transition: 1926-1931

5. The Habima in Europe and the United States

6. The Search for a Permanent Home

Part Three. The Habima in Palestine: 1931-1948

7. Ideology and Repertoire: 1931-1948

8. The Habima and the Jewish Community of Palestine

9. Organizational Structure: The Actors' Collective

10. Organizational Structure: Artistic and Administrative Direction: 1931-1948

Part Four. The Habima in the State of Israel: 1949-1977

11. Ideology and Repertoire: 1949-1968

12. The Habima and Israeli Society

13. Organizational Structure: Artistic and Administrative Direction: 1949-1968

14. The Search for an Artistic Identity: 1969-1977

Conclusion

Appendixes

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231883375

0231883374

OCLC:

1100434733