The Golem, Methuselah, and Shylock

The Golem, Methuselah, and Shylock PDF

Author: Edward Einhorn

Publisher: Theater 61 Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0977019705

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Edward Einhorn blends absurdist humor with philosophy in these critically acclaimed plays about legendary Jewish figures. Golem Stories retells an old Kabalistic legend. It's a ghost story and a love story, about a childlike clay man who may be a demon inside. In The Living Methuselah, the oldest living man survives every disaster is human history, with the help of his wife Serach, the oldest living woman. But when a doctor tells him he will only live until the end of the play, will this be his final curtain? To find the title character of A Shylock, Jacob Levy interrogates every character in The Merchant of Venice, but oddly Hamlet may know the most-although this Hamlet is a woman. And in One-Eyed Moses and the Churning Red Sea, Rabbi Tzipporah Finestein dreams Moses is a pirate captain, but what do the dreams mean? Two congregants hold the key.

Lysistrata

Lysistrata PDF

Author:

Publisher: Theater 61 Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 0977019721

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Playwright Einhorn, known for his comic absurdist plays, translates the ancient Greek humor for a modern audience. Complete with essays, selected sheet music, and a second version of the play for inventive directors, this newest adaptation focuses on war, sex, and, most of all, laughter. (Plays/Drama)

Playing Dreidel with Judah Maccabee

Playing Dreidel with Judah Maccabee PDF

Author: Edward Einforn

Publisher:

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 9780977019748

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In this play in eight scenes, a modern boy finds Judah Maccabee in an abandoned room that exists both in his own temple and the ancient Temple in Jerusalem. This story of the celebration of both Hanukkah and its ancient origins is told with gentle humor.

The Increased Difficulty of Concentration

The Increased Difficulty of Concentration PDF

Author: Václav Havel

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780573610820

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This classic farce done in thirty scenes with no chronological sequence concerns a doctor of philosophy who has a wife, a mistress, and a secretary whose beautiful legs make it difficult for him to concentrate when she is taking dictation.

Shakespeare and the Jews

Shakespeare and the Jews PDF

Author: James Shapiro

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2016-03-08

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 0231541872

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First published in 1996, James Shapiro's pathbreaking analysis of the portrayal of Jews in Elizabethan England challenged readers to recognize the significance of Jewish questions in Shakespeare's day. From accounts of Christians masquerading as Jews to fantasies of settling foreign Jews in Ireland, Shapiro's work delves deeply into the cultural insecurities of Elizabethans while illuminating Shakespeare's portrayal of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. In a new preface, Shapiro reflects upon what he has learned about intolerance since the first publication of Shakespeare and the Jews.

Leaving

Leaving PDF

Author: Vaclav Havel

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2013-04-18

Total Pages: 93

ISBN-13: 0571301398

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Chancellor Rieger is leaving office. But does leaving office necessarily mean that he, his mistress and his extended family have to leave the state villa, which has been their home for years? While his former secretary, and the former secretary to his former secretary, grapple with the mechanics of change and his family prepare to vace an uncertain future, the chancellor himself considers his legacy amid visits from journalists, an infatuated student and his arch-rival and possible successor, Patrick Klein. With echoes of both King Lear and The Cherry Orchard, Vaclav Havel's Leaving addresses the themes of change, dispossession and the transfer of power from one generation to the next. The play received its English-language world premiere at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in September 2008. Leaving is Vaclav Havel's first play since he was propelled to political office in 1989.

Fractions in Disguise

Fractions in Disguise PDF

Author: Edward Einhorn

Publisher: Charlesbridge

Published: 2014-03-25

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1607347288

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Crack the case with George Cornelius Factor in this entertaining math adventure that introduces simplified and reduced fractions with equal parts intrigue and humor. When a valuable fraction goes missing, George Cornelius Factor (a.k.a. GCF) vows to track it down. Knowing that the villainous Dr. Brok likes to disguise his ill-gotten fractions, GCF invents a Reducer—half ray gun, half calculator— that strips away the disguise, reducing the fraction to its lowest common denominator and revealing its true form. With the Reducer in hand, George seeks out Dr. Brok in hopes of retrieving the missing fraction. Back matter includes more detail on simplifying, or reducing, fractions.

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