Yiddish Plays for Reading and Performance

Three stageworthy plays and nine individual scenes that offer an introduction to Yiddish theater at its liveliest.

About the author

Nahma Sandrow , a playwright and librettist, is Professor Emerita at City University of New York. Her books include Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater and God, Man, and Devil: Yiddish Plays in Translation. Many of her translations have been produced professionally, and the award-winning shows she developed out of Yiddish material (Kuni-Leml, Vagabond Stars) enjoyed long off-Broadway runs before touring, receiving rave reviews in the New York Times and other major New York newspapers, as well as Variety and the Associated Press.

Product details

• Authors: Nahma (EDT) Sandrow
• Assisted by: Nahma Sandrow (Editor), Nahma Sandrow (Translation)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781438481906
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-8190-6
• No. of pages: 350
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Suny Contemporary Jewish Liter; SUNY series in Contemporary Jewish Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories