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Golda

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 7m, 2boy(s)

William Gibson

" Goldadraws upon the valor, eloquence and growing humor of a very large figure of our times." - The New York Times

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 7m, 2boy(s)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Biography, Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)
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Summary
Golda is a dramatization of the extraordinary life of Golda Meir, a remarkable woman and former prime minister of Israel. The play focuses on Mrs. Meir during the ten days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which began disastrously for Israel and ended with partial, inconclusive victory. The war scenes alternate with the key moments in her life: her pogrom-threatened childhood in Russia; growing up in Milwaukee; her marriage to the gentle, introverted Morris Meyerson; their emigration to Palestine; the heightened hope presented by the dream of a Jewish homeland and the struggle to make that dream a reality; and her loving but wrenching conflict with her husband (and her own guilt) over the political career that interfered with her life as a wife and mother.
History

Golda made its Broadway premiere at the Morosco Theatre in November 1977 under the direction of Arthur Penn.

1ST WITNESS - plays also Abdullah, Ben-Gurion, TV interviewer, Religious Minister, Displaced Person (DP)
GOLDA
1ST ACTOR - plays Morris, 5th Witness, DP
2ND ACTOR - plays TV assistant, 6th Witness, DP
3RD ACTOR - plays Arab, father, 4th Witness, British commandant, DP, cabinet minister
4TH ACTOR - plays bodyguard, chairman, DP, 7th Witness, cabinet minister
5TH ACTOR - also 2nd Witness, Arab, Menachem, DP, cabinet minister
LOU - plays Clara middle-aged, DP
SMALL GIRL - plays Sarile as child, DP
SISTER - plays young girl, Clara teen-aged, American girl, DP
MOTHER - plays 3rd Witness, Sarile middle-aged, DP
BOY - plays DP
YOUNGER BOY - plays DP
  • Time Period 1970s, 1900-1910, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s / WWII, 1930s, 1920s, 1910s / WWI
  • Setting Several locations throughout the life of Golda Meir.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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"Golda draws upon the valor, eloquence and growing humor of a very large figure of our times." - The New York Times

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  • Minimum Fee: $120 per performance

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