Gone West: A Tragedy in Verse

Gone West: A Verse Drama by Baruch Menache is an anti-naturalist labor tragedy written in poetic dramatic form. Set within barracks, fields, offices, and towns shaped by control and exhaustion, the work unfolds through fractured monologue, choral speech, and verse rather than conventional dialogue. Characters do not function as psychological individuals alone, but as speaking positions within systems of labor, authority, memory, and moral pressure.

Rejecting realism and linear plot, Gone Wes...