Inventing the Modern Yiddish Stage: Essays in Drama, Performance, and Show Business.
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2012. Softbound. Royal octavo, paper covers, x, 385 pp., b/w photos, notes on contributors, bibliogaphy, index. Very Good. Item #106534
ISBN: 9780814335048
Introduction by Berkowitz and Henry. Articles are "Between two worlds: antitheatricality and the beginnings of modern Yiddish theatre," Jeremy Dauber, "The salon and the tavern: Yiddish folk poetry of the nineteenth century," Alyssa Quint, "Jacob Gordin in Russia: fact and fiction," Barbara Henry, "Translations of Karl Gutzkow's Uriel Acosta as iconic moments in Yiddish theatre," Seth L. Wolitz, ""Cosmopolitan" or "purely Jewish?": Zygmunt Turkow and the Warsaw Yiddish art theatre," Miroslawa M. Bulat, "From Boston to Mississippi on the Warsaw Yiddish stage," Jeffrey Veidlinger, "Patriotn and their stars: male youth culture in the galleries of the New York Yiddish theatre," Nina Warnke, "Liquor and leisure: the business of Yiddish Vaudeville," Judith Thissen, ""Gvald, Yidn, Buena Gente": Jevel Katz, Yiddish bard of the Rio de la Plata," Zachary M. Baker, "Reconstructing a Yiddish theatre score: Giacomo Minkowski and his music to Alexander; or, the crown prince of Jerusalem," Ronald Robboy, "Sex and scandal in the encyclopedia of the Yiddish theatre," Faith Jones, "Joy to the goy and happiness to the Jew: Communist and Jewish aspirations in a postwar Purimshpil," Annette Aronowicz, "No raisins and almonds in the land of Israel: a tale of Goldfaden Productions featuring four hotsmakhs, three kuni-lemls, two shulamits, and one messiah," Donny Inbar.
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