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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... Yiddish Satire Fared in America 57 4 The 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 ...
How American Yiddish Theatre Survived Adversity Through Satire Joel Schechter. 1. Messiahs. of. 1933. How Playwright ... stage play begins with a comic portrait of theatre producers, and extends its satire to messianism. Broadway producer ...
... stage between 1928 and 1940 still can be found in play texts. Immodest ... Yiddish stage satirists like Nadir and his friend, puppeteer Yosl Cutler ... production of Polish Wedding; Joseph Rumshinsky's musical, The Girl 2 / Chapter 1.
How American Yiddish Theatre Survived Adversity Through Satire Joel Schechter. Thomashefsky's production of Polish ... stage work, as well as plays by his colleagues, depended on support from workers' clubs, and on federal subsidy in the ...
... Yiddish-speaking Zipkin and his company. Looking back at the era in which ... stage satire and others equally notable remain unpublished in English ... Yiddish. Nadir himself took an interest in widely accessible and popular entertainment ...
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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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