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Introduces readers to comic and tragic masterpieces spanning 150 years of Yiddish drama.Offering snapshots of a pivotal era in which the Jews of Europe made the transition from a traditional to a more modern world, the Yiddish plays translated and collected here wrestle with issues that continue to concern us today: changing gender roles, generational conflict, class divisions, and religious persecution. In their introduction to the volume, Joel Berkowitz and Jeremy Dauber place the plays in the context of the development of modern drama and Yiddish drama and examine their treatment of social, political, and religious issues. The many ways in which the plays address these issues make them transcend their own time, exciting a new generation of readers and theatergoers.
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This volume of essays is thefirst collection of scholarly studies on the Yiddish theatre to appear inEnglish. Drawing on a variety of academic disciplines, it considers thedramatic and musical repertoire of Yiddish theatre and their historicaldevelopment, popular and critical reception of productions, and the practiceand consequences of state censorship. The time-span covered is broad—from theMiddle Ages to the twentieth century—as is the geographical range: Cracow,London, Moscow, New York, St Petersburg, Vienna, and Warsaw. Yiddish Theatre not only presents acomprehensive study of the field but also helps illustratethe significance of the Yiddish theatre as a vital form of expression in theJewish world. Yiddish drama and theatre has had an enormous capacity toentertain audiences on six continents, while at thesame time highlighting social, political, religious, and economicconcerns of vital interest to the Jewish people.YiddishTheatre is a valuable resource for scholars,university students, and general readers interested both in Yiddish theatrespecifically and related fields such as Jewish literature and culture, eastEuropean history and culture, and European and American theatre. The bookcontains the most comprehensive bibliography to date of sources relating to theYiddish theatre.CONTRIBUTORS: Ahuva Belkin, Joel Berkowitz Paola Bertolone, Miroslawa M. Bulat, Brigitte Dalinger, Barbara Henry, John Klier, David Mazower, Leonard Prager, Nahma Sandrow, Nina Warnke, Seth L. Wolitz.