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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... . 3. Yiddish drama—United States—History and criticism. 4. Jewish actors— United States. I. Title. PN3035.S32 2008 792.089'92407—dc22 2007036744 246897531 Contents 1 Messiahs of 1933: How Playwright Moishe Nadir and.
... Moishe Nadir and Artef Led America Out of the Great Depression to a Future of Full Employment, Justice, and Yiddish Satire for All 1 2 Nadir's Rivington Street: The Lower East Side Arises 37 3 Prayer Boxes as Precious as Diamonds: How ...
How American Yiddish Theatre Survived Adversity Through Satire Joel Schechter. Messiahs of 1933 1 Messiahs of 1933 How Playwright Moishe Nadir and ArtefLed.
... Moishe Nadir's play, Messiah in America.1 Nadir's stage play begins with a comic portrait of theatre producers, and extends its satire to messianism. Broadway producer Menachem Yosef and his assistant Jack the Bluffer announce that a ...
... Nadir. In Brooks's 2001 musical stage version of The Producers, based on his own film, the leading character boasts ... Moishe Nadir” was one of several pseudonyms Reiss employed, as he followed the tradition of other Yiddish satirists ...
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The Lower East Side Arises | 37 |
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 |
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