The Haifa Theater, which has been touring West Germany for the past two weeks, had a distinguished visitor for its performance tonight before a capacity house in Duesseldorf. President Richard von Weizsaecker of the Federal Republic joined the large audience in applauding the actors and playwright after a three-hour performance of “The Ghetto.”
He attended the production at the invitation of Noam Semel, managing director of the Haifa Theater. His appearance was seen as a gesture of solidarity with Israel as represented by its troupe of actors. On Tuesday, they presented an Arabic-Hebrew version of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” at a Bonn Theater. There were strong allusions to the Arab-Israeli conflict in the production which was acclaimed for its artistic merit.
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