Presented as a trilogy at the New End Theatre in 1995 before touring much of Europe, The Dybukk pays homage to Ansky's great Russian classic. Set in a ghetto in Eastern Europe in 1942, it traces the final moments of five irreligious Jews. A Dead Woman on Holiday is a love story set during the Nuremberg trials. Theresa is based on secret research into the Channel Island occupation, where the play is still banned.

New York in the late 1930's. A once-famous Yiddish actress gives her theatre business over to her three daughters. A story of love, infidelity, betrayal and exile inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear, this new play with music examines the moment when the Jewish East European and American cultures mix on the eve of the Holocaust. Also includes: A Woman in the Moon.

Crossing Jerusalem describes a day in the life of an Israeli family at the beginning of the latest intifada.

The Golem is a children's version of the famous story, exploring what happens when a monster is constructed to defend his community.

Year Zero is a bittersweet satire about Communists, Gaulists, and collaborators in the north of France, 1940s.

Saint Joan sets the heroine against a sweep of world history, culminating in the Parisian National Front rally of 1995.

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.