Messiahs of 1933 : how American Yiddish theatre survived adversity through satire /

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A lively examination of Yiddish theatre during the Great Depression.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schechter, Joel, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2008]
Temas:
Theater, Yiddish > United States > History.
Satire, Yiddish > United States > History and criticism.
Yiddish drama > United States > History and criticism.
Jewish actors > United States.
Théâtre yiddish > États-Unis > Histoire.
Théâtre yiddish > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Acteurs juifs > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
HISTORY > General.
Jewish actors.
Satire, Yiddish.
Theater, Yiddish.
Yiddish drama.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Messiahs of 1933: how playwright Moishe Nadir and Artef led America out of the Great Depression to a future of full employment, justice and Yiddish satire for all
  • Nadir's Rivington Street: the Lower East Side arises
  • Prayer boxes as precious as diamonds: how Soviet Yiddish satire fared in America
  • The federal theatre project in Yiddish: "The Society of the Sorely Perplexed" takes the stage
  • The messiah of 1936: It can't happen here in Yiddish
  • Pinski's prelude to a golden age: The tailor becomes a storekeeper
  • Menasha Skulnik becomes a bridegroom: popular Yiddish theatre reconsidered
  • Prosperity's crisis on stage: the Yiddish puppetry of Maud and Cutler
  • Leo Fuchs, Yiddish vaudevillian in "Trouble"
  • Yetta Zwerling's comic dybbuk
  • Menachem Mendel's false profits: Sholom Aleichem and the Communists
  • The "Anti-milkhome zamlung" of 1937: the Yiddish anti-war catalogue reconsidered
  • Conclusion: still waiting for the messiah.

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