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The Golem

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 18m

Ruth Wolff, H. Leivick

Adapted for the American Stage by Ruth Rehrer Wolff

NOTICE: Please be advised, this title is from the Samuel French Vault and is made from a scan of an archived manuscript. We hope you’ll treasure this glimpse into theatre history.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 18m

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Summary
A classic of the Yiddish theatre. Weary of the senseless persecution of his people, the Rabbi of 16th century Prague creates a clay giant, a Golem. A strangely tormented and loving creature, the Golem is meant to be only a defender. Soon, however, he kills the tryant Tadeus and then, confused at being rejected by the Rabbi, he turns against the people of the ghetto. At last the Rabbi, who has impatiently sent away the Messiah in favor of force, realizes "you cannot make a weapon and teach it not to fight. In a scene of great tenderness, he returns his creature to dust. When this adaptation was presented in New York, Walter Kerr called it "Spellbinding. Unbearably touching in its earthiness, its candor, and its unflinching tragic sense."
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    • Mild Adult Themes

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Ruth Wolff

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H. Leivick

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