The Child Dreams

Hanoch Levin

1991

Act Four

Scene 3

The Mother enters, carrying the dead Child in her arms; approaches the pile.

The Mother:

Hello, dead children.

I brought my son here.

He’s dead. He’ll lie with you.

Dead Children:

You brought him to the right place.

Put him down with us.

The Mother:

Easy to say so. And as soon as I put him down,

I’ll never pick him up again;

I won’t smell him…

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Creator Bio

Hanoch Levin

1943–1999
Born and brought up in Tel Aviv, Hanoch Levin was a dramatist, director, writer, and poet. Levin was a major force in the Israeli theater and remained a controversial figure throughout his productive and tragically short career. He wrote more than sixty plays, as well as collections of poetry and prose, and two books for children. Many of his poems were set to music. In 1994, Levin received the Bialik Prize.

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