The Stranger
Based on the novel by Albert Camus
This is the first part of the Man and God trilogy created by the Malenky theater: a man indifferent to God. An adaptation of a work by the Nobel laureate Albert Camus, which became the cornerstone of existentialism and the absurd of the 20th century. It is the story of the life and death of Meursault, who accidentally or not so accidentally murders an Arab man and is sentenced to death. The absurdity of the situation is, however, in that he is sentenced to death not for having killed but because he refuses to lie – something perceived by society as indifference: he doesn’t cry and reveals the truth in an almost pathological manner.
Nominated for the Theater Prize for a Fringe show, 2004
Premiere: May 2004, the Tmuna theater
Winner of the Golden Hedgehog prize, 2004
Igor Berezin won the Golden Hedgehog prize for directing, 2004
“Original thought, brilliant ideas… the actors do an excellent job…” (Time Out, Tel Aviv).
“The director, Igor Berezin, has unusual imagination and power” (Maariv).
“Boris Entin and Igor Berezin created a successful scenic version that preserves both the plot and the author’s philosophic concept” (Vesti).
