Yiddish Plays for Reading and Performance


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Description

Three stageworthy plays and nine individual scenes that offer an introduction to Yiddish theater at its liveliest.

Author: Nahma Sandrow
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 02/01/2021
Pages: 350
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9781438481890
ISBN10: 1438481896
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | Anthologies (multiple authors)
- Literary Criticism | Jewish
- Literary Criticism | European | German

About the Author
Nahma Sandrow, a playwright and librettist, is Professor Emerita at City University of New York. Her books include Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater and God, Man, and Devil: Yiddish Plays in Translation. Many of her translations have been produced professionally, and the award-winning shows she developed out of Yiddish material (Kuni-Leml, Vagabond Stars) enjoyed long off-Broadway runs before touring, receiving rave reviews in the New York Times and other major New York newspapers, as well as Variety and the Associated Press.