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The Child Dreams: An Examination Of Gil Shohat’S Adaptation Of Hanoch Levin’S Play, Karin Hochman
The Child Dreams: An Examination Of Gil Shohat’S Adaptation Of Hanoch Levin’S Play, Karin Hochman
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On January 18, 2010, Gil Shohat's operatic adaptation of Hanoch Levin's 1993 play, The Child Dreams, had its world premiere at the Israeli Opera. The opera was commissioned for the opening of that company's twenty-fifth season. Levin's play holds a central place in Israeli culture; given the play's stature, Shohat's musical work raises a number of essential questions about adaptations and their consequent reception. This document will examine the critical perception of the effort: did the critics reviewing the production understand Shohat's intentions and did they "read" the work in the same way that he did?
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