PLOTTING YIDDISH DRAMA
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Yoshe
Kalb
Yoshe Kalb

Based on the novel by Israel Joshua Singer

Kiddush
Hashem
Kidesh Hashem

Sholem Asch

Power
Kraft

Leah Kapilowitz Hofman

Miriam
Miriam

Peretz Hirshbein

Khasye
the
Orphan
Girl
Khasye di yesoyme

Jacob Gordin

Worries
Dayges
The
Brothers
Luria
Di gebrider Lurye

Jacob Gordin

Messiah
in
America
Meshiekh in amerike

Moyshe Nadir

A
Purim
Play
A purim-shpil

Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman

I
Don't
Give
a
Damn!
A gesheft hob ikh!

Khaver-Paver

Dreidel-
Head
Dreydl-dreykop

Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman

Hannah
and
Her
Seven
Sons
Khane un ire zibn zin

Sarah Schenirer

Actor
Aktor

Paula Prilutski

On
Guard
Oyf der vakh

Yente Serdatzky

Why
Men
Love
Farvos mener libn

Jacob Gordin

The
Sinner
Der zindiker

Sholem Asch

On
the
Other
Side
Marionetnshpil: Af yener velt

Moyshe Nadir

Narrowness
Engshaft

Jane Rose

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