9 Contemporary Jewish Plays

Name: 9 Contemporary Jewish Plays
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ISBN: 9780292712904

ISBN-10: 0292712901

ISBN-13: 9780292712904

Edition: 2005

Authors: Theodore Bikel, Michael Posnick, Ellen Schiff

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Jewish theatre--plays about and usually by Jews--enters the twenty-first century with a long and distinguished history. To keep this vibrant tradition alive, the National Foundation for Jewish Culture established the New Play Commissions in Jewish Theatre in 1994. The commissions are awarded in an annual competition. Their goal is to help emerging and established dramatists develop new works in collaboration with a wide variety of theatres. Since its inception, the New Play Commissions has contributed support to more than seventy-five professional productions, staged readings, and workshops. This anthology brings together nine commissioned plays that have gone on to full production. Ellen…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 11/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 587
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English



Foreword



Preface : the new play commissions and the new Jewish theatre



Introduction : background and history of the new play commissions in Jewish theatre



God of vengeance



A certain Raquel



Green violin



Life in refusal



See under : love



The action against Sol Schumann



Exile in Jerusalem



Asher's command