9 contemporary Jewish plays
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9 contemporary Jewish plays
University of Texas Press, 2005
1st ed
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Nine contemporary Jewish plays
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"From the new play commissions in Jewish theatre of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture"--P. facing t.p
Contents of Works
- God of vengeance / by Donald Margulies
- A certain Raquel / by Nora Glickman
- Green violin / by Elise Thoron
- Life in refusal / by Ari Roth
- See under: love / by Corey Fischer
- The action against Sol Schumann / by Jeffrey Sweet
- Exile in Jerusalem / by Motti Lerner
- Asher's command / by Marilyn Clayton Felt
- The last seder / Jennifer Maisel
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 Schiff and Michael Posnick have selected works that reflect many of the historical and social forces that have shaped contemporary Jewish experience and defined Jewish identity-among them, surviving the Holocaust, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the lives of newcomers in America, Israel, and Argentina. Following a foreword by Theodore Bikel, the editors provide introductory explanations of the New Play Commissions and an overview of Jewish theatre. The playwrights comment on the genesis of their work and its production history.
Table of Contents
Editors' Acknowledgments
Foreword (Theodore Bikel)
Preface: The New Play Commissions and the New Jewish Theatre (Ellen Schiff)
Introduction: Background and History of the New Play Commissions in Jewish Theatre (Michael Posnick)
God of Vengeance (Donald Margulies)
A Certain Raquel (Nora Glickman)
Green Violin (Elise Thoron)
Life in Refusal (Ari Roth)
See Under: Love (Corey Fischer)
The Action against Sol Schumann (Jeffrey Sweet)
Exile in Jerusalem (Motti Lerner)
Asher's Command (Marilyn Clayton Felt)
The Last Seder (Jennifer Maisel)
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