Ghetto: Burgerlijk Treurspel in 3 Bedrijven

The play unfolds in three acts within a crowded Jewish quarter and follows a blind, embittered shopkeeper and his extended household as poverty, suspicion, and communal pressure strain relationships. Scenes dramatize bargaining, accusations of theft and furtive behavior, conflicts between protecting honor and surviving hardship, and clashes between tradition and change; neighbors, religious figures, and kin alternately console, exploit, or condemn. The structure alternates intimate domestic moments with public confrontations, gradually revealing moral compromises and escalating tensions that lead to personal and communal tragedy. Themes include social marginalization, the corrosive effects of poverty, isolation produced by disability, and the limits of compassion under economic stress.