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