Yiddish theatre : new approaches / edited by Joel Berkowitz

This volume of essays is the first collection of scholarly studies on the Yiddish theatre to appear in English. Drawing on a variety of academic disciplines, it considers the dramatic and musical repertoire of Yiddish theatre and their historical development, popular and critical reception of productions, and the practice and consequences of state censorship. The time-span covered is broad-from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century-as is the geographical range: Cracow, London, Moscow, New York, St Petersburg, Vienna, and Warsaw. Yiddish Theatre not only presents a comprehensive study of the field but also helps illustrate the significance of the Yiddish theatre as a vital form of expression in the Jewish world. Yiddish drama and theatre has had an enormous capacity to entertain audiences on six continents, while at the same time highlighting social, political, religious, and economic concerns of vital interest to the Jewish people. Yiddish Theatre is a valuable resource for scholars, university students, and general readers interested both in Yiddish theatre specifically and related fields such as Jewish literature and culture, east European history and culture, and European and American theatre. The book contains the most comprehensive bibliography to date of sources relating to the Yiddish theatre

Conveys a broad range of fundamental ideas about Yiddish theatre and its importance in Jewish life as a reflection of aesthetic, social, and political trends and concerns

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-255) and index

Writing the history of the Yiddish theatre / Joel Berkowitz -- The 'low' culture of the Purimshpil / Ahuva Belkin -- Romanticism and the Yiddish theatre / Nahma Sandrow -- Jewish plays on the Russian stage : St Petersburg, 1905-1917 / Barbara Henry -- The text of Goldfaden's Di kishefmakherin and the operetta tradition / Paola Bertolone -- Shulamis and Bar kokhba : renewed Jewish role models in Goldfaden and Halkin / Seth L. Wolitz -- Yiddish theatre in Vienna, 1880-1938 / Brigitte Dalinger -- Stories in song : the Melo-deklamatsyes of Joseph Markovitsh / David Mazower -- From Goldfaden to Goldfaden in Cracow's Jewish theatres / Mirosława M. Bułwat -- 'Exit, pursued by a bear' : Russian administrators and the ban on Yiddish theatre in Imperial Russia / John Klier -- The censorship of Sholem Asch' Got fun nekome, London, 1946 / Leonard Prager -- The child who wouldn't grow up : Yiddish theatre and its critics / Nina Warnke.

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