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Kvetch Mel Gussow, New York Times, 19 Feb 1987 ''KVETCH,'' as in the title of Steven Berkoff's new comedy, is a complaint, which, if allowed to fester, can become an anxiety attack... As in ''Strange Interlude,'' the audience hears the
other, blacker half of the story. Husband and wife (Kurt
Fuller and Laura Esterman) despise everything about one
another, and the mother-in-law (Ruth Jaroslow) is a
noisome creature. The husband brings a business friend
(Mitch Kreindel) home for dinner, and though he is
mannerly in public, he is miserable in private - and
tells us about it. As a light strikes the speaker, the
others freeze, and the caterwauling rises in intensity. |
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Kvetch (in archive section) BAC 2000
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Kvetch (link is
down) Théâtre Périscope Sept 2000 Les
crimes, la pollution, les dettes, les maladies, les
cataclysmes, la misère, labus, la torture
Oui ! Mais
mais les baisers sur la bouche, les
enfants, le foie gras, les couchers de soleil, «Rêves»
de Kurosawa, le chant des oiseaux, Venise, la
musique
Oui ! Mais
est-ce que les autres vont
maimer ? Est-ce que je vais joindre les deux bouts
? Est-ce que je suis gay ? Est-ce que je vais passer mon
examen ? Est-ce que je suis alcoolique ? Est-ce que je
vais me faire attaquer ? Est-ce que je suis en train de
mourir ? Est-ce quil y a un monstre sous mon lit ?
Tout ça cest pareil pour tout le monde. Tout ça
cest pareil pour tout le monde. |
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Kvetch (link is
down) Emanuel Maes Kvetch is een Jiddisch
woord voor ''iets dat jeuk, niet echt pijn doet, maar
irriteert...'': oude schoonmoeders, eenzame collega's,
vrijpostige echtgenotes, mierenzeik. Of ook: derde
generatie Russische Jood zijn in East End London, grijs
en grauw, toekomstloos, kortom Berkoffs jeugd. Zijn enige
doel was dan ook wegraken. Van het ene baantje in het
andere, totdat hij het theater leert kennen. Een ideaal
leven lonkt, maar hij slaagt er niet in om als acteur
zijn brood te verdienen. Begin jaren '70 beslist hij al
schrijvende zijn eigen weg te gaan. |
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Kvetch (link is down) Suzanne Weiss, 10 Apr 1998 The cast of "Kvetch," which is about four middle-class Jews, includes actors of Latino and African-American ethnicity. That is not inconsistent with Berkoff's intent, according to the director. "It's about the difference between how we present ourselves to each other and the screaming angst we're hiding inside," Gassner said. "More important, it is not a play about
being Jewish; it's a play about being neurotic. Contrary
to popular opinion, they are not one and the same." |
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Kvetch (link is down) Betty Hanner, 1998 The script of Kvetch
is largely based on Berkoff's personal family
experiences of growing up in a Jewish household in
Melbourne. |
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