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SUMMARY:Nathan the Wise in the Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio - Experimenta
 l Theatre Production
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DESCRIPTION:The Faculty of English presents Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s N
 athan the Wise in a\ntranslation by William Taylor.\n\nThis free event is 
 kindly supported by the British Academy and the Judith E. Wilson Society.\
 n\nJudith E. Wilson Drama Studio\, Faculty of English\, 9 West Road. Wedne
 sday\, 5th March - Saturday\, 8th March\, 8 pm. Free. Contact Dr Eva Urban
  on eku22@cam.ac.uk for reservations.\n\nThis work in progress experimenta
 l production will set Lessing’s 1779 Enlightenment play\, originally set
  in medieval Jerusalem during an armistice at the end of the Third Crusade
 \, in a Berlin Café in the 1920’s. It seeks to renew Lessing’s appeal
  to intercultural understanding in the contemporary world by evoking the c
 ontext of artistic innovation and internationalism in the Weimar Republic 
 before its tragic demise. A group of 1920’s women intellectuals\, poets\
 , journalists\, actors\, and dancers will rehearse their own performance o
 f Nathan the Wise\, including multilingual songs and poems. In this play-w
 ithin-the play\, Nathan will be performed by the poet Mascha Kaléko\, Sal
 adin will be performed by the poet and painter Else Lasker-Schüler\, Rech
 a will be performed by the young actress Marlene Dietrich\, Daja will be p
 erformed by actress Anna May Wong\, the Dervish Al Hafi will be performed 
 by poet Sarojini Naidu\, Sittah will be performed by performance artist\, 
 dancer\, and writer Anita Berber\, and the Templar Knight will be performe
 d by journalist Sylvia von Harden.\n\nCreative Team:\n\nDirector: Eva Urba
 n\nProducer: James Donovan\nLighting Designer: Jeremy Hardingham\nAssistan
 t Director: Sonja Käufeler\nLighting Assistant: Barry Devereux\nCasting A
 ssistant: Maïra A. Kaye\nPoster & Advertising: Jordan Holland\n\nMascha K
 aléko as NATHAN\, a Jewish merchant: Maïra A. Kaye\nMarlene Dietrich as 
 RECHA\, his adopted daughter: Sonja Käufeler\nAnita Berber as BONAFIDES\,
  a Friar\, and SITTAH\, Saladin’s sister: Simona Hudoklin\nAnna May Wong
  as DAJA\, Recha’s Christian nurse: Hope Chen\nSylvia von Harden as CONR
 AD\, a young Templar: Constanze Hammerle\nSarojini Naidu as AL HAFI\, a De
 rvish: Priyanka Joshi\nElse Lasker-Schüler as SALADIN\, the Sultan\, and 
 ATHANASIOS\, the Christian Patriarch: Esme Mahoney\n\n
LOCATION:Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio\, Faculty of English\, 9 West Road.
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