Yiddish Empire : The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and the Art of Itinerancy /

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Yiddish Empire tells the story of how a group of itinerant Jewish performers became the interwar equivalent of a viral sensation, providing a missing chapter in the history of the modern stage. During World War I, a motley group of teenaged amateurs, impoverished war refugees, and out- of- work Russ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Caplan, Debra (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ṿilner trupe.
Traveling theater > History > 20th century.
Theater, Yiddish > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : the sun never sets on the Yiddish stage
  • Spectacular failures : Jewish theater as cultural frontier
  • Jargon art : from refugees to artistic visionaries
  • Interlude I : rogues and rebels
  • Between two worlds : The dybbuk goes global
  • Interlude II : love and romance on the road
  • Nomadic chutzpah : the Vilna Troupe's accidental avant-garde
  • Interlude III : a family affair
  • The Vilna Troupe nexus
  • Interlude IV : The dybbuk in Auschwitz
  • Epilogue : Jewish theater, world theater.

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