Messiahs of 1933 How American Yiddish Theatre Survived Adversity through Satire 1st Edition by Joel Schechter 9781592138739 159213873X

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ISBN 10: 159213873X

ISBN 13: 9781592138739

Author: Joel Schechter

Joel Schechter has rediscovered the funny and often politically-charged plays of the American Yiddish theatre of the 1930s. In Messiahs of 1933 he celebrates their satire, their radical imagination, and their commitment to social change. He introduces readers to the once-famous writers and actors—Moishe Nadir, David Pinski, Yosl Cutler, and others—who brought into artistic form their visions of peace, social justice, and satire for all. Messiahs of 1933 greatly enlarges our understanding of Yiddish theatre and culture in the United States. It examines the innovative stage performances created by the Artef collective, the Modicut puppeteers, and the Yiddish Unit of the Federal Theatre Project. And it introduces to contemporary readers some of the most popular theatre actors of the 30s, including Leo Fuchs, Menasha Skulnik, and Yetta Zwerling. Throughout, it includes relevant photographs and contemporary comic strips, along with the first English-language publication of excerpts from the featured plays.

Table of contents:

1 Messiahs of 1933: How Playwright Moishe Nadir and Artef Led America Out of the Great Depression to

2 Nadir’s Rivington Street: The Lower East Side Arises

3 Prayer Boxes as Precious as Diamonds: How Soviet Yiddish Satire Fared in America

4 The Federal Theatre Project in Yiddish: “The Society of the Sorely Perplexed” Takes the Stage

5 The Messiah of 1936: It Can’t Happen Here in Yiddish

6 Pinski’s Prelude to a Golden Age: The Tailor Becomes a Storekeeper

7 Menasha Skulnik Becomes a Bridegroom: Popular Yiddish Theatre Reconsidered

8 Prosperity’s Crisis on Stage: The Yiddish Puppetry of Maud and Cutler

9 Leo Fuchs, Yiddish Vaudevillian in “Trouble”

10 Yetta Zwerling’s Comic Dybbuk

11 Menachem Mendel’s False Profits: Sholem Aleichemand the Communists

12 The Anti-Milkhome Zamlung of 1937: The Yiddish Anti-War Catalogue Reconsidered

13 Conclusion: Still Waiting for the Messiah

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