Yiddish Plays for Reading and Performance (Suny Contemporary Jewish Literature and Culture)

Nahma Sandrow (Other)

$26.95

Publication Date: July 2nd, 2021

Publisher:

State University of New York Press

ISBN:

9781438481906

Pages:

350

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Description

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

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.

Yiddish Plays for Reading and Performance (Suny Contemporary Jewish Literature and Culture)

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