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In the early decades of the twentieth century, a vibrant theatrical culture took shape on New York City's Lower East Side. Original dramas, comedies, musicals,
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Authors: Edna Nahshon
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While a frequently used term, Jewish Theatre has become a contested concept that defies precise definition. Is it theatre by Jews? For Jews? About Jews? Though
The Jewish Kulturbund Theatre Company in Nazi Berlin
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Authors: Rebecca Rovit
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09 - Publisher: University of Iowa Press

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"Revealing the complex interplay between history and human lives under conditions of duress, Rebecca Rovit focuses on the eight-year odyssey of Berlin's Jewish
Inventing the Modern Yiddish Stage
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Collects leading scholars' insight on the plays, production, music, audiences, and political and aesthetic concerns of modern Yiddish theater. While Yiddish the
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Authors: Alyssa Quint
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Alyssa Quint focuses on the early years of the modern Yiddish theater, from roughly 1876 to 1883, through the works of one of its best-known and most colorful f