Garrett Eisler

Ben Hecht's Theatre of Jewish Protest

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Produktbeschreibung

A critical and historical study of Ben Hecht’s forgotten controversial plays championing Jewish causes during the World War II era. Includes the full texts of four works - We Will Never Die (1943), A Jewish Fairy Tale (1944), A Flag is Born (1946), and The Terrorist (1947) - which are republished here for the first time along with production details and full performance histories.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781978835955
• ISBN-10: 1978835957
• Artikelnr.: 70382957

Autorenporträt

GARRETT EISLER has taught in theatre programs at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, the New School’s Eugene Lang College, Brooklyn College, and Boston University. He is the editor of Twentieth-Century American Dramatists: Fifth Series.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction
            Part I: From “Vanishing” to Visible: Barriers to Jewish
Representation, 1933–1943
Chapter 1: Protesting Antisemitism via Antifascism
Chapter 2: Breaking the Silence: We Will Never Die
            Part II: Tevye and the Terrorists: Plays for Palestine,
1944–1947
Chapter 3: The Assassination of “Lord Moisha”: A Jewish Fairy Tale and the
Pivot to Palestine
Chapter 4: The Death of Tevye and the Birth of Israel: A Flag Is Born on
Broadway
Chapter 5: Passion Play for a Jewish “Terrorist”
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: Text of We Will Never Die
Appendix 2: Text of A Jewish Fairy Tale
Appendix 3: Text of A Flag Is Born
Appendix 4: Text of The Terrorist
Notes
Bibliography
Index