The Theatre of Peretz

Author(s): Stanley Brechner
Using English-language stage versions of Isaac Loeb Peretz's classic Yiddish short stories, the American Jewish Ensemble's adaptation is staged as a play-within-a-play in a Nazi concentration camp.
Format: Drama

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Original or Prominent Production:
American Jewish Ensemble, New York, 1976
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English

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