The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and the Art of Itinerancy
by
Debra Caplan
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Yiddish Empire tells the story of how a group of itinerant Jewish performers became the interwar equivalent of a viral sensation, providing a missing chapter in the history of the modern stage. During World War I, a motley group of teenaged amateurs, impoverished war refugees, and out- of- work Russian...