Yiddish Plays for Reading and Performance
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2021
350 pages
978-1-4384-8191-3 (ISBN)
Description
Three stageworthy plays and nine individual scenes that offer an introduction to Yiddish theater at its liveliest.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
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Reflowable
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Total Illustrations: 0
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978-1-4384-8191-3 (9781438481913)
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Nahma Sandrow, a playwright and librettist, is Professor Emerita at City University of New York. Her books include Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater and God, Man, and Devil: Yiddish Plays in Translation. Many of her translations have been produced professionally, and the award-winning shows she developed out of Yiddish material (Kuni-Leml, Vagabond Stars) enjoyed long off-Broadway runs before touring, receiving rave reviews in the New York Times and other major New York newspapers, as well as Variety and the Associated Press.
Content
Preface: Yiddish Theater in Theatrical Context
Plays
Mirele Efros; or, The Jewish Queen Lear by Jacob Gordin
Yankl the Blacksmith by David Pinski
Yoshke the Musician (The Hired Bridegroom, The Rented Bridegroom, The Singer of His Sorrow) by Osip Dimov, reworked by Joseph Buloff
Scenes
From Uncle Moses by Sholem Asch
From Homeless by Jacob Gordin
From Safo by Jacob Gordin
From Carcass by Peretz Hirschbein
From Between Day and Night by Peretz Hirschbein
From Mishke and Moshke; or, Europeans in America (Mishke and Moshke; or, The Greenhorns) by Joseph Lateiner
From Khantshe in America by Nahum Rakov
From Riverside Drive by Leon Kobrin
From The 2,000 (The Big Prize, The Big Lottery, The Jackpot) by Sholem Aleichem
Appendix: How to Pronounce Yiddish Words and Names
Plays
Mirele Efros; or, The Jewish Queen Lear by Jacob Gordin
Yankl the Blacksmith by David Pinski
Yoshke the Musician (The Hired Bridegroom, The Rented Bridegroom, The Singer of His Sorrow) by Osip Dimov, reworked by Joseph Buloff
Scenes
From Uncle Moses by Sholem Asch
From Homeless by Jacob Gordin
From Safo by Jacob Gordin
From Carcass by Peretz Hirschbein
From Between Day and Night by Peretz Hirschbein
From Mishke and Moshke; or, Europeans in America (Mishke and Moshke; or, The Greenhorns) by Joseph Lateiner
From Khantshe in America by Nahum Rakov
From Riverside Drive by Leon Kobrin
From The 2,000 (The Big Prize, The Big Lottery, The Jackpot) by Sholem Aleichem
Appendix: How to Pronounce Yiddish Words and Names
