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Joshua Sobol Biography (1939-)

Born Yehoshua Sobol, in 1939, in Tel Mond (one source says Tel Aviv), Palestine (now Israel). Addresses: Contact--c/o Or-Am Publishing House, P.O.Box 22096, Tel Aviv 61220, Israel.

Nationality

Palestinian

Birth Details

1939

Tel Mond, Palestine

Famous Works

• Writings;Plays
• The Days to Come, Haifa Municipal Theater, Haifa, Israel, 1971.
• Status Quo Vadis, Haifa Municipal Theater, Haifa, 1973.
• Sylvester 1972 (also known as New Year's Eve 1972), Haifa Municipal Theater, Haifa, 1974.
• The Joke, Haifa Municipal Theater, Haifa, 1975.
• Nerves, Haifa Municipal Theater, Haifa, 1976.
• Leyl ha'esrim, Haifa Municipal Theater, Haifa, 1976, then Prozah, Tel Aviv, 1977, produced as The Night of the Twentieth, London, 1978, published as The Night of the Twentieth by Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature, Tel Aviv, 1978.
• Gog and Magog Show, Haifa Municipal Theater, Haifa, 1977.
• Repentance, Haifa Municipal Theater, Haifa, 1977.
• The Tenants, Haifa Municipal Theater, Haifa, 1978.
• Halaylah ha'acharon shel Oto Vaininger (also known as The Last Night of Otto Weininger), published by Or-Am, Tel Aviv, 1982; produced as Nefesh yehudi, Haifa Municipal Theater, Haifa, 1982, as The Soul of a Jew, Edinburgh, 1983, then London, 1983.
• Ghetto, Haifa Municipal Theater, Haifa, 1984, and Berlin, 1984, then LosAngeles, 1986, then Royal National Theater, London, 1989, and Circle in the Square, New York City, 1989.
• Hapalestina'it (also known as The Palestinian Woman), Haifa Municipal Theater, Haifa, 1985, published by Or-Am, Tel Aviv, 1985.
• Sindrom Yerushalayim (also known as Jerusalem Syndrome), Haifa MunicipalTheater, Haifa, 1987, then Tel Aviv, Israel, 1987, published by Or-Am, Tel Aviv, 1987.
• Adam (also known as Man), Habimah Theater, Tel Aviv, 1989, published by Or-Am, Tel Aviv, 1989.
• Bamartef (also known as In the Cellar), published by Or-Am, Tel Aviv, 1990.
• Solo, produced in Tel Aviv, Israel, 1991, then The Hague, Netherlands, 1991, published by Or-Am, Tel Aviv, 1991.
• Also author of Beyt Kaplan (also known as The House of Kaplan; trilogy),produced in Israel, 1978-79; The Wars of the Jews, produced in 1981; ShootingMagda, produced in 1987; Underground, produced in 1991; Girls of Toledo, produced in Jerusalem, Israel, 1992; and Cursed Be This Man.

Further Reference

Periodicals:

• New York Times, April 30, 1989.