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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Levy, Emanuel,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1979]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 1979
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (346 p.)

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.

Table of 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