Dan Almagor

Dan Almagor

Dan Almagor (born 1935) is an Israeli playwright who has adapted and translated over a hundred plays for the Hebrew stage, including Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors", "Fiddler on the Roof," "The King and I," "My Fair Lady" and "Guys and Dolls".^[1]

Almagor (born Dan Shmuel Elblinger) was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, but grew up in Rehovot. His father was an agronomist who left Warsaw for Palestine in 1923.^[2]

His early songs, such as A Ballad for the Medic and Kol Ha’Kavod, celebrated Israeli macho culture and military heroism, but much of his later work is satiric and critical of Israeli society^[3]

References

1. Almagor, Dan (1998-11-19). ""Barad yarad bidrom sfarad" How "The Rain in Spain" Fell in Eretz-Israel". Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
2. Kaye, Helen (2006-05-25). "At 70, there's no stopping Almagor". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
3. Interview with Dan Almagor