The Yiddish Stage as a Temporary Home : : Dzigan and Shumacher’s Satirical Theater (1927-1980) / / Diego Rotman.

The Yiddish Theater Stage as a Temporary Home takes us through the fascinating life and career of the most important comic duo in Yiddish Theater, Shimen Dzigan and Isroel Shumacher. Spanning over the course of half a century – from the beginning of their work at the Ararat avant-garde Yiddish theat...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
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Place / Publishing House:München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 321 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Modernism, Avant Garde, and Innovation in Yiddish Theater: Dzigan and Shumacher in Łódź (1925–1933)
  • Chapter 2 From a Collective to an Independent Artistic Endeavor: Dzigan and Shumacher in Warsaw (1934–1939)
  • Chapter 3 Tribulations of the Last Decade in Eastern Europe: 1939–1949
  • Chapter 4 “And They Journeyed and They Encamped”: Dzigan and Shumacher in Israel (1950–1980)
  • Chapter 5 The Text, the Body, and the Stage
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A – Names of Spectacles and Shows
  • Appendix B – Movies Starring Dzigan and Shumacher
  • Appendix C – Television Programs in Israel Starring Shimen Dzigan
  • Appendix D – List of Artists and the Shows in Which They Participated
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names