The Moscow Yiddish Theater : art on stage in the time of revolution / Benjamin Harshav ; documents translated by Benjamin and Barbara Harshav.

Author/creator Harshav, Benjamin
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxiii, 199 pages, 31 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents The Yiddish art theater -- Chagall's theater murals -- The quarrel between art and theater -- The program of the Yiddish Chamber Theater on its opening in July 1919 -- The reception of the Moscow Yiddish Theater in the West -- The Moscow Yiddish Academic Theater (1928) -- Aesthetics and the lost Jewish world -- Theater and revolution -- Sholem-Aleichem-two short pieces.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-198).
LanguageIncludes translations into English from German, Hebrew, Russian, and Yiddish.
LCCN 2007019926
ISBN9780300115130 (alk. paper)
ISBN030011513X (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PN3035 .H38 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold