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The Plague - Based on La Peste by Albert Camus Adapted for the stage by Neil Bartlett Hebrew Translation: Yotam Gotal Director: Mor Frank Dramaturge: Eli Bijaoui Set and Design: Alessandra Nardi Costume Design: Orna Behrendt Shimony Music: Yossi Ben Nun Lighting Design: Roni Cohen Video Art: Neta Moses Musical Director and Instrumentalist: Ohad Ben Avi

Actors (in Alphabetical order) Natalie Eliezerov – Raymond Rambert Yehoyachin Friedlander – Joseph Grand Yoav Hyman – Cottard

Irit Pashtan – Jean Tarrou Nir Ron – Dr. Bernard Rieux Koby Zislin – archivist

קובי זיסלין

A deadly plague. A city under lockdown. Shuttered businesses and doctors working around the clock. Albert Camus' famous novel The Plague was published back in 1947, but its plot could very well have been culled from today's newspapers. The book focuses on the Algerian city of Oran and the plague that ravages it, as seen through the eyes of physician Bernard Rieux. A handful of friends and volunteers join Rieux, and together they fight recurring waves of infection and death, all the while searching for words to describe the experience that has rocked their world. In their battle for survival they hold on to each other, searching for any little humane gesture that might offer consolation in a sea of loneliness, estrangement and fear. On a ring stage at the Khan Theater's courtyard – a personal and immediate setting – a town square is recreated. There, audience and actors assemble for a fictional commission of inquiry. Many questions are asked; not all are answered. One answer, though, flies its flag high above the escalating disaster: the human answer. In measured words, in poetry and humor, movement and song, the play tries throughout to echo the final words of the book, which state that even at the worst of times, "people are more often good than bad".

Production Staff Production Director: Lizi Mizrachi Production and Technical Supervisor: Sasson Chazam Lighting and Sound Manager: Roni Cohen Program Editor: Assaf Berznitsky Photography: Yael Ilan Program and Poster Design: Elad Elharar - Design & Illustration Public Relations: Orit Harel, The Jerusalem Khan Theatre English Translation: Yaniv Farkas The performance lasts about 1 hour and 15 minutes (without intermission) Premiere: May 1st, 2021

Albert Camus, La Peste, first published in 1947 © Éditions GALLIMARD This production has been licensed by arrangement with The Agency (London) Ltd – email: info@theagency.co.uk The original production of The Plague was originally commissioned and produced by the Arcola Theatre, London; and was first performed on April 5th 2017

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