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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 translation by William Taylor.\n\nThis free event is k
 indly supported by the British Academy and the Judith E. Wilson Society.\n
 \nJudith E. Wilson Drama Studio\, Faculty of English\, 9 West Road. Wednes
 day\, 5th March - Saturday\, 8th March\, 8 pm. Free. Contact Dr Eva Urban 
 on eku22@cam.ac.uk for reservations.\n\nThis work in progress experimental
  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 co
 ntext of artistic innovation and internationalism in the Weimar Republic b
 efore its tragic demise. A group of 1920’s women intellectuals\, poets\,
  journalists\, actors\, and dancers will rehearse their own performance of
  Nathan the Wise\, including multilingual songs and poems. In this play-wi
 thin-the play\, Nathan will be performed by the poet Mascha Kaléko\, Sala
 din will be performed by the poet and painter Else Lasker-Schüler\, Recha
  will be performed by the young actress Marlene Dietrich\, Daja will be pe
 rformed by actress Anna May Wong\, the Dervish Al Hafi will be performed b
 y poet Sarojini Naidu\, Sittah will be performed by performance artist\, d
 ancer\, and writer Anita Berber\, and the Templar Knight will be performed
  by journalist Sylvia von Harden.\n\nCreative Team:\n\nDirector: Eva Urban
 \nProducer: James Donovan\nLighting Designer: Jeremy Hardingham\nAssistant
  Director: Sonja Käufeler\nLighting Assistant: Barry Devereux\nCasting As
 sistant: Maïra A. Kaye\nPoster & Advertising: Jordan Holland\n\nMascha Ka
 léko as NATHAN\, a Jewish merchant: Maïra A. Kaye\nMarlene Dietrich as R
 ECHA\, 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 CONRA
 D\, a young Templar: Constanze Hammerle\nSarojini Naidu as AL HAFI\, a Der
 vish: Priyanka Joshi\nElse Lasker-Schüler as SALADIN\, the Sultan\, and A
 THANASIOS\, the Christian Patriarch: Esme Mahoney\n\n
LOCATION:Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio\, Faculty of English\, 9 West Road.
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