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The Messiahs [Les Messies ou le mal de terre]
Author(s): Liliane Atlan
The subtitle of the play, Earth-Sickness, reflects Atlan’s pessimistic world view as shaped by the Holocaust. The theatrical piece is reminiscent of a medieval pageant in reverse since Atlan attacks the messiah myth, suggesting there are no saviors only a missing God. The play juxtaposes the technology of the late twentieth-century with objects from religious rituals.
Format: Drama
Cast Size: 14M/4F
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production: Comédie Saint Etienne, Paris, 1967.
Original Source Material: Based on a real incident of the Holocaust.Nationality of Author: French
Original Language: French
English Language Translator: Marguerite Feitlowitz
Publisher:
In Theatre Pieces: An Anthology (Modern Literature Annual, v. 1 1984) by Liliane Atlan; translated by Marguerite Feitlowitz; Penkevill Publishing (out of print)
L’Harmattan 2002 (out of print)
Experience(s) Chronicled: Allegoric or Metaphoric Representations | Concentration and Extermination Camps | Resistance