Samuel Bak

The Big Lottery (Amk'ho / 200 000) - Stage Design II (Curtain Kasrilevke)

   
The Big Lottery (Amk'ho / 200 000) - Stage Design II (Curtain Kasrilevke)
  • 1964, in Israel
  • Ink and gouache on paper
  • 16 34 × 24 inches(42 12 × 60 12 cm)

  • Dated lower left: curtain for "200.000" by Sholom Aleychem. Berlin 64

    ["The Big Lottery", original Yiddish title "Dos groyse gevins", written by Sholem Aleichem in 1915/1916, performed at the Ohel Theatre in Tel Aviv and Freie Volksbühne Berlin in 1964-1965.
    In Tel Aviv titled in Hebrew "Amk'ho" (meaning "the common people", also an expression used as a secret code for Jewish refugees). In Berlin titled "200 000".]

Literature

200 000 Max Brod 1966 Berlin, p. 8-9, ill.

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