The Dybbuk

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The Dybbuk is a seminal Yiddish play by S. Ansky that blends Jewish folklore, mysticism, and tragedy in the story of a young woman possessed by the spirit of her dead lover.

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The Dybbuk canonical 3
"The Dybbuk" 1
The Dybbuk and Other Writings 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Yiddish play
ghost story
play
tragedy
adaptedAs ballet
film
opera
radio play
author S. Ansky
basedOn Jewish folk legends about dybbuks
centralTheme conflict between tradition and desire
forbidden love
mystical justice
spirit possession
characterType dybbuk as a restless soul
conflictType individual desire versus communal norms
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
firstPerformanceLanguage Yiddish
firstPerformancePlace Warsaw
firstPerformanceYear 1920
genre Jewish folklore
mysticism
tragedy
influenced Hebrew theatre
Jewish dramatic literature
literarySignificance considered a classic of Yiddish theatre
seminal work of Jewish mystical drama
mainCharacter Khanan
Leah
Rabbi Azriel
motif arranged marriage
dybbuk
exorcism
kabbalistic ritual
narrativeDevice possession as expression of repressed love
notableTheatreCompany Habima Theatre
originalLanguage Yiddish
originalTitle Der dibuk
דער דיבוק
plotSummary A young woman, Leah, becomes possessed by the spirit of her dead lover, Khanan, on the eve of her arranged marriage.
religiousContext Judaism
religiousFigureCharacter dayan
tzaddik
setting Brinitz
a Jewish shtetl
subtitle Between Two Worlds
theme afterlife and spiritual accountability
power of vows and promises
timePeriodOfComposition 1910s
title The Dybbuk self-link

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Yiddish literature hasNotableWork The Dybbuk
this entity surface form: The Dybbuk and Other Writings
The Dybbuk title The Dybbuk self-link
Vilna Troupe premieredWork The Dybbuk
this entity surface form: "The Dybbuk"
S. Ansky notableWork The Dybbuk
S. Ansky notableWork The Dybbuk
this entity surface form: The Dybbuk; or, Between Two Worlds