Execution
A cruel operetta
A dead person, even one with his balls in the grave,
will never scratch them again
a live person, even without balls to caress,
to a hundred and twenty can still scratch his ass
Translated by: Roi Alter
Premiere:
1979
Directed by:
Hanoch Levin
Theatre:
The Cameri Theatre
Number of characters: 13
Subjects:
Violence,
Death,
Mythology,
Revenge
Costume ans stage design: Ruth Dar
Original music: Foldi Shatzman
Participants: Yossi Polak - Yellow Spots / Yitshak Hizkia - Cold Sweat / Dob Reizer - Shivers of Terror / Sasson Gabbay - A Thousand Eyes / Israel Gurion - Sweet is the Bitterness of Death / Sassi Sa'ad - That is Vulgarism / Dafna Armoni - Autumn Smiles / Tal Amir - the Serenity of Nature / Estee Kosovitski - And the Skies Laughed / Zaharira Harifai - the Mother / Yossef Carmon - the Father / Tikva Dayan - the Woman / Dan Shemer - Beadle
Choir: Dvori Borshtein / Nancy Galapand; Yael Erez / Liora Levi, Varda Shilo / Marian Preger; Avi Shiloh / Dror Green; Ra'anan Shefa / Arye Borshtein
Musicians: Micha Blecherovitz - conducting and piano / Edna Buchman - harp / Menashe Ragib - trumpet / Mickey Dor - trombone / Benny Kadishzon/Ofer Shalkhin - drums / Naftali Gurevitch/Haim Cagan - cello