2 results for "History"

12:37

Pascal, Julia
Does Tommy know you're Jewish? Tommy knows I'm Irish. At 12:37pm on 22 July 1946, the King David Hotel in Jerusalem was bombed. 91 people were killed, 46 wounded. The bombing was carried out by right-wing Zionists, targeting the headquarters of the British in Palestine. Two Irish Jewish brothers, Paul and Cecil Green, journey from their Dublin birthplace to battle antisemitism on the streets of East London. Their Irish nationalism propels them towards Jewish nationalism as they struggle against British Imperialism to form a Jewish nation state. As violence between British soldiers and Jewish terrorists erupts, Paul and Cecil become involved in an act of terrorism that changes both their lives. 12:37 raises complex and controversial questions around Jewish violence, homeland and national identity in a stunning new play that is both a hard-hitting historical epic and an intimate family drama. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Finborough Theatre, London, in November 2022.
Bloomsbury Publishing 2022 74 pages

Crossing Jerusalem: Year zero ; The Golem ; St. Joan

Pascal, Julia
Crossing Jerusalem describes a day in the life of an Israeli family at the beginning of the latest intifada. The Golem is a children₂s version of the famous story, exploring what happens when a monster is constructed to defend his community. Year Zero is a bittersweet satire about Communists, Gaulists, and collaborators in the north of France, 1940s. Saint Joan sets the heroine against a sweep of world history, culminating in the Parisian National Front rally of 1995.
Oberon 2003 191 pages