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

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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Caplan, Debra (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • 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.