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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... York. With thirteen to fourteen million Americans unemployed, thousands of banks closed permanently, and breadlines everywhere, the nation needed a messiah. Not one, but two saviors arrived in New York and spoke the language of East ...
... York were Love for Sale, featuring the popular actor and singer Aaron Lebedev; A Mother's Struggle, starring tearful, melodramatic Jennie Goldstein; Getzel Becomes a Bridegroom, with comedian Menasha Skulnik in the title role; renowned ...
... York alone. Am I right, or not? Menachem: Right. Jack: Nu, good, figure it this way. Every Jew is waiting for the messiah to come. And every Jew that's waiting for the mes- siah to come can afford a ticket for, let's say, a dollar ...
... York City to protest against Hitler's fascism. Nadir's satire was not specifically directed at Hitler, but the political and economic conditions of the period rendered all the more timely his wariness of messiahs who would not save Jews ...
... York in December 1907. The famous actor Boris Thomashefsky produced the play, and Goldfaden in person watched its favorable reception. Nadir, aged 22 that year and already writing in New York, could have seen the play.6 Sholem Asch ...
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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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