Staged Reading of Ida Fink’s “The Table”

directed by WILLIAM SMITHERS
In Ida Fink’s “The Table,” four witnesses testify to mass murder in a
small Polish-Jewish town during World War II. But does their testimony
matter in a court of law?

Cast:
Prosecutor: William Smithers
First Man: George Backman
First Woman: Dianne Hull
Second Man: Ed Giron
Second Woman: Danielle Aubuchon

Ida Fink was born in Zbaraz, Poland (now in the Ukraine) in 1921. She
spent 1941-42 in the ghetto and escaped using forged identity papers. She
has lived in Israel since 1967. “A Scrap of Time and Other Stories”
(which includes “The Table”) was published in Polish in 1983. Two years
later it received the first Anne Frank Prize for Literature. The English
translation, by Madeline Levine and Francine Prose, appeared in 1987. Ms.
Finks’ other works include “The Journey” (1990) and “Traces”(1996)

The George J. Wittenstein lecture series, created to commemorate and
continue the legacy of civic courage of Dr. George J. Wittenstein, who
participated in two resistance groups against Hitler’s dictatorship,
sponsors one to three lectures every year.

In 2008-2009, the series is made possible by the generous co-sponsorships
of the following campus agencies and departments: Office of the Chancellor,
Comparative Literature, Feminist Studies, Film and Media Studies, French
and Italian, History, Law and Society, Religious Studies, Theater and Dance.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.gss.ucsb.edu/index.php/news-a-events

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