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SHOLOM ASCH (1880 - 1957) |
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Nationality: Polish Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Jewish playwright and novelist, Sholom Asch was born Poland in 1880. He first came to the United States in 1909, was naturalized in 1920, and lived in Europe and the United States, settling in Israel in 1956. One of the most widely known Yiddish writers, he won his first success with the play THE GOD OF VENGEANCE, produced by Max Reinhardt in Berlin in 1910 and given in many languages and places since then. His works include the novels MOTTKE THE THIEF (1917), UNCLE MOSES (1920), THREE CITIES (1933), THE WAR GOES ON (1935), THE NAZARENE (1939), THE APOSTLE (1943), ONE DESTINY (1945), EAST RIVER (1946), MARY (1949), SALVATION (1951), MOSES (1951), A PASSAGE IN THE NIGHT (1953), and THE PROPHET (1955). His two collections of short stories and novelettes are CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM (1942) and TALES OF MY PEOPLE (1948). Asch's writings often depict Jewish life in Europe and the United States. Later works reflect the common spiritual heritage of Jews and Christians. Several of his plays were very successful in the Yiddish theatre in New York City. He died in 1957.
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Sholom Asch
God of Vengeance | ||
| 1st Produced: | Playhouse 91, NY | 1992 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | adaptation of "God of Vengeance" is available in the back of playwright's memoir, BEST REVENGE: How the Theater Saved My Life and Has Been Killing Me Ever Since | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83120 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Sholom Asch | |||||
Synopsis: | My adaptation of the Sholem Asch play about a brothelkeeper who tries to make a bargain with God. has also been translated into Hebrew and performed in Tel Aviv | |||||
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God of Vengeance | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 0 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "The Dybbuk and Other Great Yiddish Plays" published by Bantam Books, 1966 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83121 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Sholom Asch | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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God Of Vengeance | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22423 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Sholom Asch, based on a literal translation by Joachim Neugroschel | |||||
Synopsis: | Pultizer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies has transported Sholom Asch's 1906 Yiddish melodrama from Asch's native Poland to the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1923 and in the process has transformed a classic morality tale into a drama of spellbinding power and sweep. Jack Chapman lives on the second floor of his tenement with his ex-prostitute wife, Sara, and seventeen-year-old daughter, Rivkele, and runs a brothel downstairs. The brothel has made Jack prosperous, but he aspires to something more-respectability, and towards that end, he hopes to marry his precious daughter to a Talmudic scholar. But the sheltered Rivkele has struck up a friendship with Manke, Jack's most-desired prostitute, and the gentle and genuine love affair that develops between the two young women threatens to destroy Jack's dreams for the future | |||||
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God Of Vengeance | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #66941 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Sholom Asch, based on a literal translation by Joachim Neugroschel. adapted by Donald Margulies | |||||
Synopsis: | Pultizer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies has transported Sholom Asch's 1906 Yiddish melodrama from Asch's native Poland to the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1923 and in the process has transformed a classic morality tale into a drama of spellbinding power and sweep. Jack Chapman lives on the second floor of his tenement with his ex-prostitute wife, Sara, and seventeen-year-old daughter, Rivkele, and runs a brothel downstairs. The brothel has made Jack prosperous, but he aspires to something more-respectability, and towards that end, he hopes to marry his precious daughter to a Talmudic scholar. But the sheltered Rivkele has struck up a friendship with Manke, Jack's most-desired prostitute, and the gentle and genuine love affair that develops between the two young women threatens to destroy Jack's dreams for the future | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Under the Cross | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in "Selected Yiddish Plays volume One" published by Iuniverse 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0595471423 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #166650 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Sholem Asch | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Under the Cross | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in "Selected Yiddish Plays volume One" published by Iuniverse 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0595471423 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #166653 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Sholem Asch | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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With The Current | ||
| 1st Produced: | Center Stage, NY | 2008 | ||||
Organisations: | New Worlds Theatre Project | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83850 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Sholom Asch. Translated/Adapted by Mark Altman, Ellen Perecman, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub and Clay McLeod Chapman | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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With The Current | ||
| 1st Produced: | Center Stage, NY | 2008 | ||||
Organisations: | New Worlds Theatre Project | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83857 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Sholom Asch. Translated/Adapted by Mark Altman, Ellen Perecman, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub and Clay McLeod Chapman | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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With The Current | ||
| 1st Produced: | Center Stage, NY | 2008 | ||||
Organisations: | New Worlds Theatre Project | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83876 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Sholom Asch. Translated/Adapted by Mark Altman, Ellen Perecman, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub and Clay McLeod Chapman | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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With The Current | ||
| 1st Produced: | Center Stage, NY | 2008 | ||||
Organisations: | New Worlds Theatre Project | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83882 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Sholom Asch. Translated/Adapted by Mark Altman, Ellen Perecman, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub and Clay McLeod Chapman | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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