Julia Pascal
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Julia Pascal is a British atheist Jewish playwright and theatre director.
Her stage plays include Theresa, based on the true story of a Jewish woman on Guernsey
during the German occupation in the Second World War. This is the first in The Holocaust Trilogy. It is followed by A Dead Woman on Holiday, which is set in the Nuremberg Trials, followed by her adaptation of Anski's The Dybbuk. Her next volume contains The Yiddish Queen Lear and Woman In The Moon. The final volume includes Crossing Jerusalem, which is about the conflict in the Middle East, The Golem, a version of the Prague myth for young audiences, St Joan a satire based on a Jewish Black Londoner who dreams she is Joan of Arc and Year Zero which reveals World War II stories from Vichy France
. In 2007 her adaptation of The Merchant of Venice
was staged at the Arcola Theatre and printed as The Shylock Play in 2009. All her plays are published by Oberon Books
. Her autobiographical essay Prima Ballerina Assoluta is published in Virago
's collection Truth, Dare or Promise.
She was a NESTA
Dreamtime Fellow in 2006 and Writer in Residence at the Wiener Library in 2007 with a Leverhulme Grant. Her archive is held by the University of York where she was Writer in Residence in 2003. Pascal's television drama documentary for the BBC, Charlotte and Jane won BAFTA and Royal Television Society
prizes. Her journalism has been published in The Guardian, The Independent, The Financial Times and The Times.
The Dybbuk premiered in London at the New End Theatre
, Hampstead in July 1992, then the Lilian Baylis Theatre. Since 1992 it has played in Munich at the Festival of Jewish Theatre, at Maubeuge's International Theatre Festival, in Poland (British Council tour), Sweden, Belgium and a major British regional tour. The Dybbuk is published by Oberon Books in "The Holocaust Trilogy", three plays by Pascal. The Dybbuk had its US premiere at Theater for the New City in New York City in August 2010.
Her stage plays include Theresa, based on the true story of a Jewish woman on Guernsey
Guernsey
Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...
during the German occupation in the Second World War. This is the first in The Holocaust Trilogy. It is followed by A Dead Woman on Holiday, which is set in the Nuremberg Trials, followed by her adaptation of Anski's The Dybbuk. Her next volume contains The Yiddish Queen Lear and Woman In The Moon. The final volume includes Crossing Jerusalem, which is about the conflict in the Middle East, The Golem, a version of the Prague myth for young audiences, St Joan a satire based on a Jewish Black Londoner who dreams she is Joan of Arc and Year Zero which reveals World War II stories from Vichy France
Vichy France
Vichy France, Vichy Regime, or Vichy Government, are common terms used to describe the government of France that collaborated with the Axis powers from July 1940 to August 1944. This government succeeded the Third Republic and preceded the Provisional Government of the French Republic...
. In 2007 her adaptation of The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic...
was staged at the Arcola Theatre and printed as The Shylock Play in 2009. All her plays are published by Oberon Books
Oberon Books
Oberon Books is an independent publisher which specialises in drama and the performing arts. Whilst the majority of Oberon's catalogue is made up of play texts, in recent years it has begun to publish theatrical biographies as well as books on ballet, opera, illustration, photography and...
. Her autobiographical essay Prima Ballerina Assoluta is published in Virago
Virago Press
Virago is a British publishing company founded in 1973 by Carmen Callil to publish books by women writers. Both new works and reissued books by neglected authors have featured on the imprint's list....
's collection Truth, Dare or Promise.
She was a NESTA
NESTA
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts is an independent endowment in the United Kingdom established by an Act of Parliament in 1998....
Dreamtime Fellow in 2006 and Writer in Residence at the Wiener Library in 2007 with a Leverhulme Grant. Her archive is held by the University of York where she was Writer in Residence in 2003. Pascal's television drama documentary for the BBC, Charlotte and Jane won BAFTA and Royal Television Society
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
prizes. Her journalism has been published in The Guardian, The Independent, The Financial Times and The Times.
The Dybbuk premiered in London at the New End Theatre
New End Theatre
The New End Theatre, Hampstead, was a 80-seat fringe theatre venue in London, England, located in the London Borough of Camden which operated from 1974 until 2011. It was listed widely on the internet, including with the New York Times....
, Hampstead in July 1992, then the Lilian Baylis Theatre. Since 1992 it has played in Munich at the Festival of Jewish Theatre, at Maubeuge's International Theatre Festival, in Poland (British Council tour), Sweden, Belgium and a major British regional tour. The Dybbuk is published by Oberon Books in "The Holocaust Trilogy", three plays by Pascal. The Dybbuk had its US premiere at Theater for the New City in New York City in August 2010.
External links
- Pascal Theatre Company
- Julia Pascal article, guardian.co.uk
- Rehearsed reading of Broken English on 5 October 2009 at The Drill HallThe Drill HallThe Drill Hall is a theatrical venue in Bloomsbury in the London Borough of Camden, just to the east of Tottenham Court Road. It contains rehearsal rooms and meeting rooms, and two small theatres - the 200-seat Drill Hall 1 and a 50-seat studio space, known as Drill Hall 2. Its name derives from...
- Rehearsed reading of Woman on the Bridge on 9 November 2009 at The Drill Hall
- Information on her at London Metropolitan UniversityLondon Metropolitan UniversityLondon Metropolitan University , located in London, England, was formed on 1 August 2002 by the amalgamation of the University of North London and the London Guildhall University . The University has campuses in the City of London and in the London Borough of Islington.The University operates its...
- Julia Pascal Archives at University of YorkUniversity of YorkThe University of York , is an academic institution located in the city of York, England. Established in 1963, the campus university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects...
- Julia Pascal, "I slept with my teacher", The TimesThe TimesThe Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, 9 October 2008. - List of articles published by her in New StatesmanNew StatesmanNew Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....