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Theater, was on the frontline of the battle and welcomed death with sword in hand and singing all the while. Almost two centuries later, the Machabeli Company fell victim to betrayal, dissent and war... and the actors were forced to leave their native region, their home, their beautiful theater building (soon reduced to rubble and dust, its theatrical treasures destroyed within). In those dark times, the Theater had young directors: its artistic