Abstract (eng)
Within the framework of the theater festival Israel.Stücke.Aktuell, Israeli contemporary plays were brought to Vienna. Israeli theater is particularly concerned with political questions and national identity. Noya Lancet's play 1948, based on Yoram Kaniuk’s novel, was staged in Vienna in 2015. It deals with the experiences of young Yoram Kaniuk during the Israeli War of Independence from today’s perspective. In the first part of my analysis, I interpret the content of the play using the concept of cultural memory. In the second part, I focus on the Austrian and Israeli context of the theater shows.