Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater » (1st Syracuse University Press ed)

This book is the unusual blend of impeccable scholarship and hilarious backstage anecdote. The vividness of the book is enhanced by a collection of 125 rare illustrations- pictures of actors, scenes from plays and films, posters, newspaper cartoons, and other memorabilia.

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Impeccable scholarship and hilarious backstage anecdotes coupled with many rare photographs make this a distinctive work. It is the story of the development of the Yiddish theatre from the 16th century on as presented by Ashkenazic Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. It ends with the Yiddish theatre in America since World War II. It also looks at its influential role in the totality of Yiddish culture.