Jewish theatre : a global view /
Jewish theatre : a global view /
Jewish theater
edited by Edna Nahshon.
- 1 online resource.
- Brill eBook titles 2009 .
- IJS Studies in Judaica 8. European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004222854. .
"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].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Introductory Essay: What Is Jewish Theatre? / Ritual Space As Theatrical Space In Jewish Folk Theatre / Jacob Gordin’S Dialogue With Tolstoy: Di Kreytser Sonata (1902) / Isaac Bashevis-Singer’S Attitude To The Yiddish Theater As Shown In His Works / Józio Grojseszyk: A Jewish City Slicker On The Warsaw Popular Stage / The Polish Shulamis: Jewish Drama On The Polish Stage In The Late 19th–Early 20th Centuries / Jewish Languages And Jewish Characters In Giovan Battista Andreini’S Lo Schiavetto / \'The Christian Will Turn Hebrew\': Converting Shylock On Stage / Philosemitism On The London Stage: Sydney Grundy’S An Old Jew / Jewish Self-Presentation And The \'Jewish Question\' On The German Stage From 1900 To 1930 / Popular Jewish Drama In Vienna In The 1920s / On Arriving Front And Center: American Jewish Identity On The American Stage / Generational Shifts In American Jewish Theatre / Staying Ungooselike: The Holocaust And The Theatre Of Choice / Job’S Soul And Otto Weininger’S Torments: Jewish Themes In The Theatre Of Hanoch Levin And Yehoshua Sobol / Index / Abraham’S Scene (Introductory Essay) / Abraham (Dramatic Monologue) / E. Nahshon -- Edna Nahshon -- Ahuva Belkin -- Barbara Henry -- Nathan Cohen -- Michael C. Steinlauf -- Anna Kuligowska-Korzeniewska -- Paola Bertolone -- Shaul Bassi -- Edna Nahshon -- Hans-Peter Bayerdörfer -- Brigitte Dalinger -- Ellen Schiff -- Linda Ben-Zvi -- Robert Skloot -- Freddie Rokem -- E. Nahshon -- Paolo Puppa -- Paolo Puppa.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
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 impressive collection of original essays written by an international cadre of noted scholars from Europe, the United States, and Israel. The essays discuss historical and current texts and performance practices, covering a wide gamut of genres and traditions.
9789047426813
10.1163/ej.9789004173354.i-308 DOI
2009009017
20633928 bccb
Jewish theater--Congresses.
Jewish theater--Europe, Western--Congresses.
Theater, Yiddish--Congresses.
Theater, Yiddish--Poland--Congresses.
PN3035 / .J496 2009
792.089/924
"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].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Introductory Essay: What Is Jewish Theatre? / Ritual Space As Theatrical Space In Jewish Folk Theatre / Jacob Gordin’S Dialogue With Tolstoy: Di Kreytser Sonata (1902) / Isaac Bashevis-Singer’S Attitude To The Yiddish Theater As Shown In His Works / Józio Grojseszyk: A Jewish City Slicker On The Warsaw Popular Stage / The Polish Shulamis: Jewish Drama On The Polish Stage In The Late 19th–Early 20th Centuries / Jewish Languages And Jewish Characters In Giovan Battista Andreini’S Lo Schiavetto / \'The Christian Will Turn Hebrew\': Converting Shylock On Stage / Philosemitism On The London Stage: Sydney Grundy’S An Old Jew / Jewish Self-Presentation And The \'Jewish Question\' On The German Stage From 1900 To 1930 / Popular Jewish Drama In Vienna In The 1920s / On Arriving Front And Center: American Jewish Identity On The American Stage / Generational Shifts In American Jewish Theatre / Staying Ungooselike: The Holocaust And The Theatre Of Choice / Job’S Soul And Otto Weininger’S Torments: Jewish Themes In The Theatre Of Hanoch Levin And Yehoshua Sobol / Index / Abraham’S Scene (Introductory Essay) / Abraham (Dramatic Monologue) / E. Nahshon -- Edna Nahshon -- Ahuva Belkin -- Barbara Henry -- Nathan Cohen -- Michael C. Steinlauf -- Anna Kuligowska-Korzeniewska -- Paola Bertolone -- Shaul Bassi -- Edna Nahshon -- Hans-Peter Bayerdörfer -- Brigitte Dalinger -- Ellen Schiff -- Linda Ben-Zvi -- Robert Skloot -- Freddie Rokem -- E. Nahshon -- Paolo Puppa -- Paolo Puppa.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
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 impressive collection of original essays written by an international cadre of noted scholars from Europe, the United States, and Israel. The essays discuss historical and current texts and performance practices, covering a wide gamut of genres and traditions.
9789047426813
10.1163/ej.9789004173354.i-308 DOI
2009009017
20633928 bccb
Jewish theater--Congresses.
Jewish theater--Europe, Western--Congresses.
Theater, Yiddish--Congresses.
Theater, Yiddish--Poland--Congresses.
PN3035 / .J496 2009
792.089/924