{"product_id":"yiddish-plays-for-reading-and-performance-9781438481906","title":"Yiddish Plays for Reading and Performance","description":"Yiddish theater was first and foremost fine theater, with varied repertory and actors of high quality. The three stage-ready plays and nine individual scenes collected here, most of them well-known in Yiddish repertory but never before translated, offer an introduction to the full range of Yiddish theater. Fresh, lively, and accurate, these translations have been prepared for reading or performance by award-winning playwright and scholar Nahma Sandrow. They come with useful stage directions, notes, and playing histories, as well as comments by directors who have worked in both English and Yiddish theater. In the three full-length plays, a matriarch battles for control of her business and her family (\u003ci\u003eMirele Efros; or, The Jewish Queen Lear\u003c\/i\u003e); two desperate women struggle over a man, who himself is struggling to change his life (\u003ci\u003eYankl the Blacksmith\u003c\/i\u003e); and, in a charming fantasy village, a poetic village fiddler gambles on romance (\u003ci\u003eYoshke the Musician\u003c\/i\u003e). The nine scenes from selected other plays are shaped to stand alone and range in genre from symbolist to naturalist, operetta to vaudeville, domestic to romantic to avant-garde. In her preface, Sandrow contextualizes the plays in modern Western theater history from the nineteenth century to the present. \u003ci\u003eYiddish Plays for Reading and Performance\u003c\/i\u003e is not nostalgia--just a collection of good plays that also serves as an informed introduction to Yiddish theater at its liveliest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12919398\"\u003eNahma Sandrow\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438481906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 143848190X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA002000\"\u003eAnthologies (multiple authors)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004210\"\u003eJewish\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004170\"\u003eEuropean | German\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNahma Sandrow\u003c\/b\u003e, a playwright and librettist, is Professor Emerita at City University of New York. Her books include \u003ci\u003eVagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGod, Man, and Devil: Yiddish Plays in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e. Many of her translations have been produced professionally, and the award-winning shows she developed out of Yiddish material (\u003ci\u003eKuni-Leml\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVagabond Stars\u003c\/i\u003e) enjoyed long off-Broadway runs before touring, receiving rave reviews in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and other major New York newspapers, as well as \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e and the Associated Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914563477679,"sku":"9781438481906","price":28.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_679c29e0-a624-427c-86a8-de59a968e894.jpg?v=1758827065","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/yiddish-plays-for-reading-and-performance-9781438481906","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}