Yiddish Theatre: New Approaches

by Marcella Hunter

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190411377X
• ISBN13: 9781904113775
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"