Hanoch Levin’s Queen of a Bathtub is widely held to be Israel’s most controversial play – a musical that used satire to attack perceived militarism, self-righteousness and racism in the aftermath of Israel’s victory in the 1967 war and was cancelled after just 19 performances in 1970.
This came after a bomb scare at Tel Aviv’s Cameri theatre, rock throwing at actors in Jerusalem and allegations that a “satanic” Levin was stabbing the country in the back as it fought for survival.
