Books by Dan Urian

The Author uses of extensive examples, showing how theatre, politics and personal perceptions intertwine, presenting us with a model for further discussion and study of similar social and artistic phenomena in other cultures.

Theatre has, since the time of the Jewish Enlightenment, served the secular community in its conflict with the religious. This book surveys the secular-religious rift and then describes the enhanced concern of the secular community in Israel for its own Jewishness and its expression in the theatre - especially following the 1967 War. It then moves on to a specific study of the play Bruira and finally reviews the phenomenon of the return to Orthodox Judaism by secular individuals.