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This volume of essays is the
first collection of scholarly studies on the Yiddish theatre to appear in
English. Drawing on a variety of academic disciplines, it considers the
dramatic and musical repertoire of Yiddish theatre and their historical
development, popular and critical reception of productions, and the practice
and consequences of state censorship. The time-span covered is broad—from the
Middle 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 a
comprehensive study of the field but also helps illustrate
the significance of the Yiddish theatre as a vital form of expression in the
Jewish world. Yiddish drama and theatre has had an enormous capacity to
entertain audiences on six continents, while at the
same time highlighting social, political, religious, and economic
concerns of vital interest to the Jewish people.
Yiddish
Theatre is a valuable resource for scholars,
university students, and general readers interested both in Yiddish theatre
specifically and related fields such as Jewish literature and culture, east
European history and culture, and European and American theatre. The book
contains the most comprehensive bibliography to date of sources relating to the
Yiddish 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.
Contents
Note on Transliteration and OrthographyList of PlatesList of Tables
Introduction: Writing the History of the Yiddish Theatre JOEL BERKOWITZ
I Purimshpil1. The 'Low' Culture of the Purimshpil AHUVA BELKIN
II 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. WOLITZ
III 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. BUWAT
IV 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 PRAGER
V. Criticism11. The Child Who Wouldn't Grow Up: Yiddish Theatre and its Critics NINA WARNKE
Notes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex
