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New York's Yiddish Theater: An American Story
By Edna Nahshon
- ISBN
- 9780231176705 9780231541077
- Publisher
- Columbia Univ.
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Starred Review on March 15, 2016 | Arts and Humanities
Nahshon (theater & drama, Jewish Theological Seminary; Jews and Theater in an Intercultural Context) has edited a comprehensive, albeit highly readable and lavishly illustrated history of the Yiddish Theater which, from the late 19th century through the early decades of the 20th century, thrived initially on the Lower East Side in New York and gradually, after World War I, moved uptown. In addition to Shakespearea...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
