Awake and Singing: Six Great American Jewish Plays (Applause Books)
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Awake and Singing: Six Great American Jewish Plays (Applause Books)
Awake and Singing (Six Great American Jewish Plays) Applause Books Series Softcover by Ellen Schiff
Jewish playwrights and plays of Jewish interest intended for general audiences have been increasingly conspicuous on the American stage since the early 20th century
No wonder
The evolution of Jewish life in America teems with richly dramatic material: immigration, making it, intergenerational family relationships, the impact of the Great Depression, two World Wars, the Holocaust, the establishment of Israel, and the emergence of feminism and alternative life styles
And pre-eminently and enduringly, the dilemma of identity: how to acculturate without losing one's Jewish identity