Messiahs of 1933: How American Yiddish Theatre Survived Adversity Through SatireTemple University Press, 7 трав. 2008 р. - 320 стор. Joel Schechter has rediscovered the funny and often politically-charged plays of the American Yiddish theatre of the 1930s. In Messiahs of 1933 he celebrates their satire, their radical imagination, and their commitment to social change. He introduces readers to the once-famous writers and actors—Moishe Nadir, David Pinski, Yosl Cutler, and others—who brought into artistic form their visions of peace, social justice, and satire for all. Messiahs of 1933 greatly enlarges our understanding of Yiddish theatre and culture in the United States. It examines the innovative stage performances created by the Artef collective, the Modicut puppeteers, and the Yiddish Unit of the Federal Theatre Project. And it introduces to contemporary readers some of the most popular theatre actors of the 30s, including Leo Fuchs, Menasha Skulnik, and Yetta Zwerling. Throughout, it includes relevant photographs and contemporary comic strips, along with the first English-language publication of excerpts from the featured plays. |
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... Federal Theatre Project in Yiddish: “The Society of the Sorely Perplexed” Takes the Stage 71 5 The Messiah of 1936: It Can't Happen Here in Yiddish 105 6 Pinski's Prelude to a Golden Age: The Tailor Becomes a Storekeeper 121 7 Menasha ...
... theatre repertoire to which Nadir contributed. He and his colleagues in Artef, in the puppet theatre Modicut, and in the Yiddish Unit of the Federal Theatre Project created a special, alternate arena of response to the Great Depression ...
... Federal Theatre Project's Yiddish Unit initiated new translations of Yiddish plays into English in the thirties to reach a wider audience. Had the government-funded translations not stopped in 1939, innovative Yiddish plays might be ...
... Federal Theatre Project's 1936–37 cabaret revue, We Live and Laugh, discussed later. Few details about his productions can be found in histories of Yiddish theatre, although in her memoir actress Celia Adler briefly recalls some of the ...
... Federal Theatre Project, enjoys a summer home in Warsaw, with a regular season in New York, Paris, and Moscow each year. And Moishe Nadir posthumously is declared Poet Laureate of the United States in honor of his contributions to ...
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How Soviet Yiddish Satire Fared in America | 57 |
The Society of the Sorely Perplexed Takes the Stage | 71 |
It Cant Happen Here in Yiddish | 105 |
The Tailor Becomes a Storekeeper | 121 |
Popular Yiddish Theatre Reconsidered | 141 |
The Yiddish Puppetry of Maud and Cutler | 157 |
Sholem Aleichemand the Communists | 203 |
The Yiddish AntiWar Catalogue Reconsidered | 221 |
Still Waiting for the Messiah | 231 |
Appendix | 239 |
Acknowledgments | 245 |
Notes | 247 |
Bibliography | 279 |
Index | 287 |
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Messiahs of 1933: How American Yiddish Theatre Survived Adversity through Satire Joel Schechter Попередній перегляд недоступний - 2008 |
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