The Dybbuk

Al Hirschfeld (1903 – 2003, American Caricaturist) “The Dybbuk” is an offset lithograph on paper measuring 15.5 x 12.25 in. (sight), and 20.5" x 24.5" (framed.) THE DYBBUK starring CAROL LAWRENCE, THEODORE BIKEL AND LUDWIG DONATH was the play of the week (10/3/60). A small amount of water damage exists on the very bottom of the work (not in the art), and it was carefully framed to conceal that. Shipping is free in the USA.

In Jewish mythology, a dybbuk is a malicious possessing spirit believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person. It supposedly leaves the host body once it has accomplished its goal, sometimes after being helped. Directing legend Sidney Lumet, of course, began his career in the Golden Age of American television, with a number of live broadcasts that featured prominent screen and television actors. One such production was this 1960 adaptation of the Jewish folk tale The Dybbuk. This version of the story stars Carol Lawrence as a young maid possessed by the soul of her late lover. A rabbi turns up to exorcise the demon, and the woman is forced to choose between a netherworld marriage to her dead companion's ghost, and an earthly wedding to a man she doesn't love. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-the-dybbuk-carol-lawrence/22514526