Golda
by William Gibson

Name: Golda
Brand: William Gibson
SKU: 9780573609770
Rating: 4.09 (35 reviews)

Highlights

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Large Cast

Female

Male

1970s Ensemble Cast Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes American

Synopsis

Golda is a dramatization of the extraordinary life of Golda Meir, a remarkable woman and former prime minister of Israel.

The play focuses on Mrs. Meir during the ten days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which began disastrously for Israel and ended with partial, inconclusive victory.

The war scenes alternate with the key moments in her life: her pogrom-threatened childhood in Russia; growing up in Milwaukee; her marriage to the gentle, introverted Morris Meyerson; their emigration to Palestine; the heightened hope presented by the dream of a Jewish homeland and the struggle to make that dream a reality; and her loving but wrenching conflict with her husband (and her own guilt) over the political career that interfered with her life as a wife and mother.

Themes Drama Women prime ministers

Press Reviews

"Golda draws upon the valor, eloquence and growing humor of a very large figure of our times."
— The New York Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Golda	—	—	—
1st Actor plays Morris, 5th Witness, DP	—	—	plays Morris, 5th Witness, DP
2nd Actor plays TV assistant, 6th Witness, DP	—	—	plays TV assistant, 6th Witness, DP
3rd Actor plays Arab, father, 4th Witness, British commandant, DP, cabinet minister	male	—	plays Arab, father, 4th Witness, British commandant, DP, cabinet minister
4th Actor plays bodyguard, chairman, DP, 7th Witness, cabinet minister	—	—	plays bodyguard, chairman, DP, 7th Witness, cabinet minister
5th Actor also 2nd Witness, Arab, Menachem, DP, cabinet minister	—	—	also 2nd Witness, Arab, Menachem, DP, cabinet minister
Lou plays Clara middle-aged, DP	—	—	plays Clara middle-aged, DP
Small Girl plays Sarile as child, DP	—	—	plays Sarile as child, DP
Sister plays young girl, Clara teen-aged, American girl, DP	—	—	plays young girl, Clara teen-aged, American girl, DP
Mother plays 3rd Witness, Sarile middle-aged, DP	—	—	plays 3rd Witness, Sarile middle-aged, DP
Boy plays DP	—	—	plays DP
Younger Boy plays DP	—	—	plays DP
1st Witness plays also Abdullah, Ben-Gurion, TV interviewer, Religious Minister, Displaced Person (DP)	—	—	plays also Abdullah, Ben-Gurion, TV interviewer, Religious Minister, Displaced Person (DP)