This was done and spoken by central and eastern European Jews and uses the Hebrew alphabet and
elements of German, Italian and French - Answers yiddish theatre
Why was yiddish theatre forbidden? - Answers It wasn't allowed for Jewish people because there was a
quote from the bible saying "A man shall not put on a women's garment"
What was the only exception for plays of Yiddish descent? - Answers The Festival of Purim
Purim plays which told bible stories (Esther-saving the Jewish people)
Why did Yiddish theatre move to the US? - Answers pogrom in czarist Russia which means people were
driving Jews out of their home and the Russian government shut down Yiddish theatre
Pop songs, opera tunes, synagogue chants, grandiose and flamboyant, celebrating Jewish identity and
gave a sense of empowerment - Answers Yiddish Features
What led to the demise of Yiddish theatre? - Answers assimilation in the 1930s
This presented melodramas, comedies, farces, commedia skits, operas, song and dance. It mainly used
NYC as a back drop and adapted Shakespeare. - Answers Italian theatre instructive?
Why did Italian disappear? - Answers immigration restrictions and assimilation
This type of theatre called home to the homeland with "mama songs" - Answers italian
This type of theatre displayed a mix of acting, singing, dance, gesture, acrobatics, and martial arts,
originally only done by men and played on a bare stage. Plots were derived from chinese history and
classical literature and had stylized singing with a battle sequence. - Answers Chinese Opera theatre
features
This, in chinese theatre revealed character. Red was positive, white was evil, black was neutral and gold
and silver were godly. - Answers makeup
Handsome scholar, noblewoman, beautiful female warrior, dignified old man, and clown like figure that
broke the fourth wall all describe what? - Answers stock character types of Chinese theatre
The Red Scare
Slumming- rich people visited poor towns of chinese people - Answers resentment of Chinese in
California
Called "variety"
These were variety shows with acts that only lasted about 10 min each and its type formed from the
british music hall