Gollance, Sonia;
(2025)
Yentl and Teibele Onstage: Dramatic Adaptations of I. B. Singer's Work for a 1970s American Audience.
Studies in American Jewish Literature
, 44
(2)
pp. 226-243.
10.5325/studamerijewilite.44.2.0226.
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Abstract
This article examines two English-language stage adaptations of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short stories: Singer and Leah Napolin’s Yentl (1974) and Singer and Eve Friedman’s Teibele and Her Demon (1979). These plays show how gender issues in Singer’s work were staged in the 1970s in the context of Second Wave feminism, prior to twenty-first-century ideas of sexual consent. In both plays, love is used to explain or excuse the behavior of characters who deceive partners they claim to love. By considering these plays, we can better understand the changes that were made to achieve Singer’s goal of entertaining theater audiences.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Yentl and Teibele Onstage: Dramatic Adaptations of I. B. Singer's Work for a 1970s American Audience |
| DOI: | 10.5325/studamerijewilite.44.2.0226 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.5325/studamerijewilite.44.2.022... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Yiddish, theater, Isaac Bashevis Singer, feminism |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10217921 |
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