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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
New York's Yiddish theater New York's Yiddish theater Edna Nahshon In the early decades of the twentieth century, a vibrant theatrical culture took shape on New York City's Lower East Side. Original dramas, comedies, musicals, and vaudeville, along with sophisticate… OL20027466W
Re-dressing the canon Re-dressing the canon Alisa Solomon From Aristophanes to Split Britches, gender and performance have been inextricably linked to the stage. In a wide-ranging series of essays Re-Dressing the Canon examines the relationship and posits w… OL2625394W
Molly Picon Molly Picon Lila Perl Follows the life and career of the Jewish entertainer, who performed in theater, movies, radio, and television for more than eighty years. OL3751134W