Jewish theatre : a global view /

Jewish theatre : a global view / / edited by Edna Nahshon.

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While a frequently used term, Jewish Theatre has become a contested concept that defies precise definition. Is it theatre by Jews? For Jews? About Jews? Though there are no easy answers for these questions, Jewish Theatre: A Global View , contributes greatly to the conversation by offering an impres...

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Bibliographic Details
Superior document:IJS studies in Judaica, v. v. 8
TeilnehmendeR:
Nahshon, Edna.
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:IJS studies in Judaica ; v. 8.
Physical Description:1 online resource (324 p.)
Notes:"The essays included in this volume were originally presented at an academic conference titled "Jewish theatre," sponsored by the Institute of Jewish Studies in June 2002 at University College London"--P. [1].
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Table of Contents:
  • Introductory essay : what is Jewish theatre? / Edna Nahshon
  • Ritual space as theatrical space in the Jewish folk theatre / Ahuva Belkin
  • Jacob Gordin's dialogue with Tolstoy : Di Kreytser sonata (1902) / Barbara Henry
  • Isaac Bashevis-Singer's attitude to the Yiddish theater as shown in his works / Nathan Cohen
  • Józio Grojseszyk : a Jewish city slicker on the Warsaw popular stage / Michael C. Steinlauf
  • The Polish Shulamis : Jewish drama on the Polish stage in the late 19th-early 20th centuries / Anna Kuligowska-Korzeniewska
  • Jewish languages and Jewish characters in Giovan Battista Andreini's Lo schiavetto / Paula Bertolone
  • "The Christian will turn Hebrew" : converting Shylock on stage / Shaul Bassi
  • Philosemitism on the London stage : Sydney Grundy's An old Jew / Edna Nahshon
  • Jewish self-presentation and the "Jewish question" on the German stage from 1900 to 1930 / Hans-Peter Bayerdörfer
  • Popular Jewish drama in Vienna in the 1920s / Brigitte Dalinger
  • On arriving front and center : American Jewish identity on the American stage / Ellen Schiff
  • Generational shifts in American Jewish theatre / Linda Ben-Zvi
  • Staying ungooselike : the Holocaust and the theatre of choice / Robert Skloot
  • Job's soul and Otto Weininger's torments : Jewish themes in the theatre of Hanoch Levin and Yehoshua Sobol / Freddie Rokem
  • Abraham's scene (introductory essay) / Paolo Puppa
  • Abraham (dramatic monologue) / Paolo Puppa.

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