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The Dybbuk. Between Two Worlds – Lézart Company
A major work of Jewish theatre, The Dybbuk by Shalom An-Ski explores the boundaries between the living and the dead, memory and forgetting, promise and its transgression. Subtitled Between Two Worlds, the play resonates with particular force in our present day, marked by the upheavals of History, the resurgence of antisemitism, and the events of October 7, 2023. Through this new staging, the Lézart Company reactivates a foundational text, situated at the intersection of past and present, where theatre becomes a space of living memory and collective reflection.
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The Lézart Company presents a new staging of The Dybbuk, an emblematic play written by Shalom An-Ski (Shlomo Rappoport, 1863–1920). Originally written in Russian, then translated into Yiddish by the author himself before being retranslated into Hebrew by Haim Nahman Bialik and published in 1918, the work quickly established itself as a cornerstone of the Jewish theatrical repertoire. Premiered in 1920 by the Vilna Troupe -a Yiddish theatre company formed in and named after the city of Vilnius (Vilna) in the Russian Empire, later the capital of Lithuania- the play achieved major international success, from European stages to leading Israeli companies, and inspired numerous adaptations, particularly for the cinema.
The Dybbuk tells a story of love and possession, haunted by the memory of fiancés massacred during a pogrom in a shtetl on the very day of their wedding. Like a repetition of History, the play confronts us with humanity’s most tragic hours. Drawing on its literary and musical experience in the field of Jewish culture, the Lézart Company places this disturbing masterpiece, subtitled Between Two Worlds, at the heart of our living culture.
The project led by Jean-Henri Blumen is firmly rooted in the present. Conceived in light of recent upheavals, this adaptation echoes the trauma caused by the massacres of October 7, 2023, in Israel, as well as the wave of antisemitism currently affecting European societies.
Faithful to the spirit of the work without fixing its interpretation, the Lézart Company places Jewish music at the core of the dramaturgy -not as a folkloric ornament, but as a living substance, carrying memory and meaning. Original arrangements, the resonances of Yiddish, and the visual work all contribute to making The Dybbuk a theatrical experience in which past and present enter into dialogue, and in which the “dybbuks” of yesterday shed light on the fractures of our time.
A play by Shalom An-Ski
In a new French adaptation by Jean-Henri Blumen
Directed by Georges Perla
Lézart Company
With François Delaive, Henri Gruvman, René Hernandez, Ulysse Léchine, David Lustyk, Orit Mizrahi, Hanna Rosenblum
This theatre production has received the support of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah.
Performances
Sunday 15 and Sunday 22 February 2026 at 5 p.m.
Saturday 21 February 2026 at 9 p.m.
Espace Rachi – Guy de Rothschild
39, rue Broca
75005 Paris
