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Festival: The Dybbuk

Sun 24^th Feb 1980, 20:05 on BBC One London

by S. ANSKI adapted by JANE HOWELL from the translation by H. ALSBERG
According to Jewish legend, a dybbuk is the wandering and anguished spirit of a dead person which takes possession of a living body in order to find a resting place. It can only be expelled by exorcism, but even this does not always work.
Cast in order of appearance
Music composed and conducted by JOSEPH HOROVITZ
Lighting CLIVE THOMAS
Script editor STUART GRIFFITHS Designer RICHARD HENRY Producer LOUIS MARKS
Directed by JANE HOWELL

Contributors

Unknown:: S. Anski
Adapted By:: Jane Howell
Translation By:: H. Alsberg
Conducted By:: Joseph Horovitz
Unknown:: Clive Thomas
Editor:: Stuart Griffiths
Designer:: Richard Henry
Producer:: Louis Marks
Directed By:: Jane Howell
Nisson Ben Rivke:: Jeffrey Chiswick
Sender:: David Swift
Messenger:: John Bennett
Michoel:: John Burgess
Azrael:: Harold Goldblatt
Chennoch:: Frank Baker
Leah:: Giselle Wolf
Channon:: Gary Brown
Frade:: Elizabeth Spriggs
First batlon:: Jack Lynn
Second batlon:: Jeffrey Chiswick
Third batlon:: Leon Lissek
Meyer:: Wolfe Morris
Matchmaker:: Alfred Hoffman
Hannah Esther:: Judith Harte
Gittel:: Caryn Hurwitz
Asher:: Simon Callow
Coachman:: Joseph Greig
Berl:: Peter Benson
Batia:: Danielle Corgan
Man on cart:: Jeffrey Chiswick
Nachmon:: Gabor Vernon
Rabbi Mendel:: Simon Callow
Menashe:: Louis Hammond
Half-blind woman:: Mercia Mansfield
Woman who dances:: Hilary Sesta
Woman Visitor:: Mercia Mansfield
Pale woman:: Judith Harte
Lame woman:: Leila Hoffman
Man on crutches:: Leon Lissek
Rabbi Samson:: Martin Benson

Source: Radio Times

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