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"Three stage-worthy plays and nine individual scenes that offer an introduction to Yiddish theater at its liveliest"--
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An anthology of five Yiddish plays in translation-all written by well-known playwrights in the first quarter of the twentieth century- God, Man, and Devil also includes two independent scenes, which in Nahma Sandrow's words, "show off the raucous characteristic of Yiddish theater, especially in popular performance."The settings of the plays range widely-a luxurious parlor, a haunted graveyard, a farmyard, a sweatshop on strike, a subway, and the boardwalk of Atlantic City. They are both comic and mournful, and reflect expressionism, satire, fantasy, farce, suspense, and romance. But all consider the same question: what makes life morally good and worth living?Before the modern Yiddish secular culture evolved as we know it today, Yiddish plays were being written for about a century. As Yiddish-speaking communities flourished, so did their love for theater. "Yiddish playwrights shared their experiences and made them art." Edited to make them more accessible for both reading and performance, each play is accompanied by an introduction, which provides historical context, production histories, and elucidation of references.
Yiddish drama --- Yiddish literature --- Translations into English.
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Introduces readers to comic and tragic masterpieces spanning 150 years of Yiddish drama.
Yiddish drama --- Yiddish literature --- Theater, Yiddish. --- Yiddish theater --- Jewish theater
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Aufführung. --- Drama. --- Jewish theater --- Theater, Yiddish --- Yiddish drama
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Théâtre yiddish --- Anthologies --- Traductions françaises. --- Yiddish drama --- Yiddish drama. --- Translations into French. --- Theatrical science --- Yiddish literature
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Theater, Yiddish --- Yiddish drama --- History. --- History and criticism. --- Theater [Yiddish ] --- History --- History and criticism --- Theater, Yiddish - History. --- Yiddish drama - History and criticism.
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Jewish theater --- History. --- Gordin, Jacob, --- Theater, Yiddish --- Yiddish drama --- History --- History and criticism --- Theater, Yiddish - History --- Yiddish drama - History and criticism
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This volume of essays is the first collection of scholarly studies on the Yiddish theatre to appear in English. Drawing on a variety of academic disciplines, it considers the dramatic and musical repertoire of Yiddish theatre and their historical development, popular and critical reception of productions, and the practice and consequences of state censorship. The time-span covered is broad-from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century-as is the geographical range: Cracow, London, Moscow, New York, St Petersburg, Vienna, and Warsaw. Yiddish Theatre not only presents a comprehensive study of the field but also helps illustrate the significance of the Yiddish theatre as a vital form of expression in the Jewish world. Yiddish drama and theatre has had an enormous capacity to entertain audiences on six continents, while at the same time highlighting social, political, religious, and economic concerns of vital interest to the Jewish people.Yiddish Theatre is a valuable resource for scholars, university students, and general readers interested both in Yiddish theatre specifically and related fields such as Jewish literature and culture, east European history and culture, and European and American theatre. The book contains the most comprehensive bibliography to date of sources relating to the Yiddish theatre.CONTRIBUTORS: Ahuva Belkin, Joel Berkowitz Paola Bertolone, Miroslawa M. Bulat, Brigitte Dalinger, Barbara Henry, John Klier, David Mazower, Leonard Prager, Nahma Sandrow, Nina Warnke, Seth L. Wolitz.
Theater, Yiddish --- Yiddish drama --- Yiddish literature --- Yiddish theater --- Jewish theater --- History and criticism
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Judaism and literature --- Yiddish drama --- Theater, Yiddish --- Literature and Judaism --- Literature --- Yiddish literature --- Yiddish theater --- Jewish theater --- History and criticism
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