ENTRE LA TRADICIÓN Y LA INTEGRACIÓN: RÉQUIEM PARA UN VIERNES A LA NOCHE DE GERMÁN ROZENMACHER Y SU ESTRENO EN EL TEATRO IFT

Abstract

In this essay, we will discuss the premiere of Germán Rozenmacher’s Réquiem para un viernes a la noche at the IFT theatre (Idisher Folks Teater, Jewish Popular Theater) in 1964. We argue that it is not only an emblematic work of Jewish Argentinian Dramaturgy, but a premiere that reveals a change of orientation in the IFT, as it expresses a turn in the concerns of its members who sought to have a greater arrival to the spectators of the new generation, as well as to the non-Jewish public. This objective had already led them from 1957 to begin to realize their works in Castilian, when until then they were realized only in Yiddish. This was in response to the IFT’s desire to achieve greater integration in both Argentine society and the Acta Literaria 56 (39-52), Primer semestre 2018 ISSN 0716-0909