Award Date
1-1-2004
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Theatre
First Committee Member
Ellis Pryce-Jones
Number of Pages
56
Abstract
This submission comprises a survey of Jewish drama as expressed through Yiddish Theatre in performance. It explores the origins, early trends, and significant works of Yiddish drama. The reader will gain an understanding of the ways in which the Jewish religion guided the emergence of Yiddish Theatre, the heights of achievement in the form, the decline of Yiddish Theatre, and some of the influences such development has had on the theatre world today.
Keywords
Development; Performance; Screen; Shtetl; Theatre; Yiddish
Controlled Subject
Theater; Religion; Ethnology
File Format
File Size
1454.08 KB
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Littman, Adam Stuart, "From the shtetl to the screen: The development of Yiddish theatre in performance" (2004). UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations. 1668.
http://dx.doi.org/10.25669/wbgr-ctxx
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