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Sandy Gutman in Poland (Aussie jokers)
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Sandy Gutman in Poland (Aussie jokers); Shylock
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call numberV846
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]v846
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Canada
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]SBS
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2001
1999
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Audio-visual material
Notes
video
video
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Sandy Gutman aka Austen Tayshus (Australian Jewish comedian) travels to Germany and Poland to retrace his family's steps and pay hommage to their suffering. He travels to Auschwitz, farmhouses and factories
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Gives a broad history of antisemitism and also looks at the various ways The Merchant of Venice's Shylock has been presented onstage. Explores the archetype of the Jew as ritual murderer-usurer and the origins of the oldest and most devastating myths of Christian Europe