Yiddish Theatre

Joel Berkowitz is Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at the State University of New York at Albany. He previously taught Yiddish literature at the University of Oxford and English language and literature at the City University of New York. He is the author of Shakespeare on the American Yiddish Stage, as well as a number of scholarly articles on Yiddish theatre and drama.

‘A comprehensive study of the field . . . a wonderful read . . . A valuable resource for any person interested in the history of the Yiddish theatre, or anyone interested in Jewish literature and culture, or anyone interested in the history of theatre in general in eastern Europe and America.’  Sara Marcus, AJL Newsletter

• Note on Transliteration and OrthographyList of PlatesList of TablesIntroduction: Writing the History of the Yiddish Theatre JOEL BERKOWITZI Purimshpil1. The ‘Low’ Culture of the Purimshpil AHUVA BELKINII Repertoire2. Romanticism and the Yiddish Theatre NAHMA SANDROW3. Jewish Plays on the Russian Stage: Moscow and St Petersburg, 1905–1917 BARBARA HENRY4. The Text of Goldfaden’s Di kishefmakherin and the Operetta Tradition PAOLA BERTOLONE5. Shulamis and Bar kokhba: Renewed Jewish Role Models in Goldfaden and Halkin SETH L. WOLITZIII Regional Centres6. Yiddish Theatre in Vienna, 1880–1938 BRIGITTE DALINGER7. Stories in Song: The Melo-deklamatsyes of Joseph Markovitsh DAVID MAZOWER8. From Goldfaden to Goldfaden in Cracow’s Jewish Theatres MIROSLAWA M. BUWATIV Censorship9. ‘Exit, Pursued by a Bear’: Russian Administrators and the Ban on Yiddish Theatre in Imperial Russia JOHN KLIER10. The Censorship of Sholem Asch’s Got fun nekome, London, 1946 LEONARD PRAGERV. Criticism11. The Child Who Wouldn’t Grow Up: Yiddish Theatre and its Critics  NINA WARNKENotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex