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Yentl (Malthouse Theatre) – theatre review

Alex First9 months ago9 months ago07 mins

We are in Poland in 1870. Yentl (Amy Hack) is driven by her desire to study … to learn and understand. Her father teaches at the local Yeshiva (a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature). Being a girl, she is not allowed to attend the Yeshiva, nor to study the Torah (the…

Yentl (Kadimah) – theatre review

Alex First3 years ago3 years ago06 mins

An original English and Yiddish adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short story Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy, Kadimah’s full length play is a lively representation of the spiritual and moral dilemma at the heart of the tale. Co-developed, co-written and directed by Gary Abrahams, it is based upon the religious tenet that women cannot study the Torah…

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Yentl (Malthouse Theatre) – theatre review

Yentl (Kadimah) – theatre review